#8495CD#8495CD

#8495CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8495CD
RGB	rgb(132, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 7.51, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 31.64, 283.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0015 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.085 271)
XYZ	xyz(31.2794, 30.8069, 62.0440)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8495CD #CDBC84

analogous

#84B9CD #8495CD #9784CD

triadic

#8495CD #CD8495 #95CD84

tetradic

#8495CD #CD84B9 #CDBC84 #84CD97

square

#8495CD #CD84B9 #CDBC84 #84CD97

split-complementary

#8495CD #CD9784 #B9CD84

monochromatic

#3E5399 #5870BB #8495CD #B0BADF #DBE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8495CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8495CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8495CD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8495CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8495CD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8495cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4dc',
    500: '#8495cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8495cd;
$custom-light: #aab4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8495cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.027,
    "s": 42.197,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67801,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.30808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8495CD

secondary

#E2DDCA

accent

#9630B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8495CD

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

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