#8495C8#8495C8

#8495C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.078 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C8
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(225, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 6.19, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 28.92, 282.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.078 270)
XYZ	xyz(30.6855, 30.5694, 58.9161)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C8 #C8B784

analogous

#84B7C8 #8495C8 #9584C8

triadic

#8495C8 #C88495 #95C884

tetradic

#8495C8 #C884B7 #C8B784 #84C895

square

#8495C8 #C884B7 #C8B784 #84C895

split-complementary

#8495C8 #C89584 #B7C884

monochromatic

#415591 #5A71B5 #8495C8 #AEB9DB #D9DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#8495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C8	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.078 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d9',
    500: '#8495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c8;
$custom-light: #a9b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 38.202,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67577,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.30571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C8

secondary

#DFDAC8

accent

#9234B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C8

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

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