#8495C5#8495C5

#8495C5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.074 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C5
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 197)
HSL	hsl(224, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(224, 33%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 24.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 5.40, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 27.29, 281.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0009 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.074 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3383, 30.4305, 57.0877)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C5 #C5B484

analogous

#84B6C5 #8495C5 #9484C5

triadic

#8495C5 #C58495 #95C584

tetradic

#8495C5 #C584B6 #C5B484 #84C594

square

#8495C5 #C584B6 #C5B484 #84C594

split-complementary

#8495C5 #C59484 #B6C584

monochromatic

#42568C #5A71B1 #8495C5 #AEB9D9 #D7DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8495C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8495C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C5

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C5	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.074 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d6',
    500: '#8495c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c5;
$custom-light: #a9b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.308,
    "s": 35.912,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67446,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C5

secondary

#DED8C7

accent

#8F37AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C5

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

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