#8495C9#8495C9

#8495C9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.080 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495C9
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 201)
HSL	hsl(225, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 6.45, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 29.46, 282.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0003 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.08 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8027, 30.6163, 59.5336)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495C9 #C9B884

analogous

#84B8C9 #8495C9 #9584C9

triadic

#8495C9 #C98495 #95C984

tetradic

#8495C9 #C984B8 #C9B884 #84C995

square

#8495C9 #C984B8 #C9B884 #84C995

split-complementary

#8495C9 #C99584 #B8C984

monochromatic

#405492 #5970B6 #8495C9 #AFBADC #D9DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8495C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8495C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495C9

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495C9	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.080 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d9',
    500: '#8495c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495c9;
$custom-light: #a9b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.217,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67621,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495C9

secondary

#E0DAC9

accent

#9334B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495C9

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

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