#8495C4#8495C4

#8495C4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.073 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C4
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 196)
HSL	hsl(224, 35%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 33%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 24%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 5.14, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 26.74, 281.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0013 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.073 269)
XYZ	xyz(30.2241, 30.3848, 56.4862)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C4 #C4B384

analogous

#84B5C4 #8495C4 #9384C4

triadic

#8495C4 #C48495 #95C484

tetradic

#8495C4 #C484B5 #C4B384 #84C493

square

#8495C4 #C484B5 #C4B384 #84C493

split-complementary

#8495C4 #C49384 #B5C484

monochromatic

#43568B #5B71B0 #8495C4 #ADB9D8 #D7DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8495C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8495C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C4

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C4	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.073 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d6',
    500: '#8495c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c4;
$custom-light: #a9b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.063,
    "s": 35.165,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67402,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.30386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C4

secondary

#DDD7C7

accent

#8F37AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C4

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

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