#8495C3#8495C3

#8495C3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.071 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C3
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 195)
HSL	hsl(224, 34%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 4.88, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 26.20, 280.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0016 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.071 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1107, 30.3394, 55.8888)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C3 #C3B284

analogous

#84B5C3 #8495C3 #9384C3

triadic

#8495C3 #C38495 #95C384

tetradic

#8495C3 #C384B5 #C3B284 #84C393

square

#8495C3 #C384B5 #C3B284 #84C393

split-complementary

#8495C3 #C39384 #B5C384

monochromatic

#43568A #5B72AF #8495C3 #ADB8D7 #D6DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8495C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8495C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C3	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.071 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d5',
    500: '#8495c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c3;
$custom-light: #a9b4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.81,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.07119,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C3

secondary

#DCD6C6

accent

#8E38AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C3

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

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