#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
RGB	rgb(132, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(228, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 12.98, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 43.60, 287.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0053 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.117 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7209, 32.6941, 78.5947)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8497E5	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8497E5

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

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