#8496E1#8496E1

#8496E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8496E1
RGB	rgb(132, 150, 225)
HSL	hsl(228, 61%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 12.43, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 41.99, 287.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0056 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.113 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0085, 32.1528, 75.6337)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8496E1 #E1CF84

analogous

#84C5E1 #8496E1 #A084E1

triadic

#8496E1 #E18496 #96E184

tetradic

#8496E1 #E184C5 #E1CF84 #84E1A0

square

#8496E1 #E184C5 #E1CF84 #84E1A0

split-complementary

#8496E1 #E1A084 #C5E184

monochromatic

#2E4ABD #536CD5 #8496E1 #B5C0ED #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8496E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8496E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8496E1

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8496E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8496E1	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8496e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 150, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb4ea',
    500: '#8496e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8496e1;
$custom-light: #abb4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8496e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68956,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8496E1

secondary

#EDE8D3

accent

#A71DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8496E1

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

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