#8497E5#8497E5

#8497E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8497E5
RGBrgb(132, 151, 229)
HSLhsl(228, 65%, 71%)
HSVhsv(228, 42%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(42.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.91, 12.98, -41.63)
CIE-LCHlch(63.91, 43.60, 287.31°)
OKLaboklab(69.36% 0.0053 -0.1168)
OKLCHoklch(69.36% 0.117 272.6)
XYZxyz(34.7209, 32.6941, 78.5947)
Luminance0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8497E5 #E5D284
analogous
#84C8E5 #8497E5 #A184E5
triadic
#8497E5 #E58497 #97E584
tetradic
#8497E5 #E584C8 #E5D284 #84E5A1
square
#8497E5 #E584C8 #E5D284 #84E5A1
split-complementary
#8497E5 #E5A184 #C8E584
monochromatic
#2A48C5 #516CDA #8497E5 #B7C2F0 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#8497E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54
#8497E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8497E5
7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8497E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8497E51.002.797.547.54
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5421.001.001.00
##0000007.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C9FE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7397E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#63A7B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8497e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 272.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb5ed',
    500: '#8497e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8497e5;
$custom-light: #abb5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8497e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.247,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8497E5
secondary
#EFEAD5
accent
#AA19CD
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F6FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#101116
muted
#7F8084

Preview Lab

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#8497E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva