#8490CD#8490CD

#8490CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8490CD
RGB	rgb(132, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 10.40, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 34.41, 287.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0082 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.092 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5052, 29.2587, 61.7860)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8490CD #CDC184

analogous

#84B4CD #8490CD #9C84CD

triadic

#8490CD #CD8490 #90CD84

tetradic

#8490CD #CD84B4 #CDC184 #84CD9C

square

#8490CD #CD84B4 #CDC184 #84CD9C

split-complementary

#8490CD #CD9C84 #B4CD84

monochromatic

#3E4D99 #5869BB #8490CD #B0B7DF #DBDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8490CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8490CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8490CD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8490CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8490CD	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8490cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab0dc',
    500: '#8490cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8490cd;
$custom-light: #aab0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8490cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.137,
    "s": 42.197,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66765,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8490CD

secondary

#E2DECA

accent

#9F30B5

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8490CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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