#8496DC#8496DC

#8496DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.106 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8496DC
RGB	rgb(132, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(228, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 11.03, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 39.27, 286.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0043 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.106 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3364, 31.8840, 72.0940)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8496DC #DCCA84

analogous

#84C2DC #8496DC #9E84DC

triadic

#8496DC #DC8496 #96DC84

tetradic

#8496DC #DC84C2 #DCCA84 #84DC9E

square

#8496DC #DC84C2 #DCCA84 #84DC9E

split-complementary

#8496DC #DC9E84 #C2DC84

monochromatic

#334DB3 #546DCE #8496DC #B4BFEA #E3E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8496DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8496DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8496DC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8496DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8496DC	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8496dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.106 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb4e7',
    500: '#8496dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8496dc;
$custom-light: #abb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8496dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68711,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8496DC

secondary

#EBE6D1

accent

#A222C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8496DC

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

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