#8495BC#8495BC

#8495BC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.061 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495BC
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 188)
HSL	hsl(222, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 3.08, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 22.43, 277.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0039 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.061 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3377, 30.0303, 51.8179)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495BC #BCAB84

analogous

#84B1BC #8495BC #8F84BC

triadic

#8495BC #BC8495 #95BC84

tetradic

#8495BC #BC84B1 #BCAB84 #84BC8F

square

#8495BC #BC84B1 #BCAB84 #84BC8F

split-complementary

#8495BC #BC8F84 #B1BC84

monochromatic

#465780 #5C73A6 #8495BC #ACB7D2 #D3D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8495BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8495BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495BC

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495BC	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.061 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d0',
    500: '#8495bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495bc;
$custom-light: #a9b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.786,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67064,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495BC

secondary

#D8D2C4

accent

#883DA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495BC

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

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