#8495AE#8495AE

#8495AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.042 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495AE
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -0.38, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 15.08, 268.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0088 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.042 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9011, 29.4556, 44.2517)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495AE #AE9D84

analogous

#84AAAE #8495AE #8884AE

triadic

#8495AE #AE8495 #95AE84

tetradic

#8495AE #AE84AA #AE9D84 #84AE88

square

#8495AE #AE84AA #AE9D84 #84AE88

split-complementary

#8495AE #AE8884 #AAAE84

monochromatic

#49586F #617694 #8495AE #A9B5C6 #CED5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8495AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8495AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8495AE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495AE	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#799A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.042 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b4c6',
    500: '#8495ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495ae;
$custom-light: #a8b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66508,
    "c": 0.04207,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495AE

secondary

#CFC8BF

accent

#9C6BBD

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495AE

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

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