#8495C6#8495C6

#8495C6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.075 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C6
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(225, 37%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 5.66, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 27.83, 281.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0006 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.075 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4533, 30.4765, 57.6931)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C6 #C6B584

analogous

#84B6C6 #8495C6 #9484C6

triadic

#8495C6 #C68495 #95C684

tetradic

#8495C6 #C684B6 #C6B584 #84C694

square

#8495C6 #C684B6 #C6B584 #84C694

split-complementary

#8495C6 #C69484 #B6C684

monochromatic

#42558E #5A71B3 #8495C6 #AEB9D9 #D8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#8495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C6

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C6	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.075 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d7',
    500: '#8495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c6;
$custom-light: #a9b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.545,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67489,
    "c": 0.07545,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C6

secondary

#DED8C8

accent

#9036B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C6

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

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