#8495C2#8495C2

#8495C2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.070 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C2
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 194)
HSL	hsl(224, 34%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 23.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 4.62, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 25.66, 280.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0019 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.07 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9980, 30.2944, 55.2953)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C2 #C2B184

analogous

#84B4C2 #8495C2 #9284C2

triadic

#8495C2 #C28495 #95C284

tetradic

#8495C2 #C284B4 #C2B184 #84C292

square

#8495C2 #C284B4 #C2B184 #84C292

split-complementary

#8495C2 #C29284 #B4C284

monochromatic

#435688 #5B72AE #8495C2 #ADB8D6 #D6DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8495C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8495C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C2

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C2	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8798C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.070 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d4',
    500: '#8495c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c2;
$custom-light: #a9b4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.548,
    "s": 33.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C2

secondary

#DCD6C6

accent

#8D39AC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C2

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

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