#8498DC#8498DC

#8498DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8498DC
RGB	rgb(132, 152, 220)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 30.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 9.88, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 38.16, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0018 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.103 271)
XYZ	xyz(33.6583, 32.5277, 72.2013)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8498DC #DCC884

analogous

#84C4DC #8498DC #9C84DC

triadic

#8498DC #DC8498 #98DC84

tetradic

#8498DC #DC84C4 #DCC884 #84DC9C

square

#8498DC #DC84C4 #DCC884 #84DC9C

split-complementary

#8498DC #DC9C84 #C4DC84

monochromatic

#3350B3 #5470CE #8498DC #B4C0EA #E3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8498DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8498DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8498DC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8498DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8498DC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8498dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 152, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb6e7',
    500: '#8498dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8498dc;
$custom-light: #abb6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8498dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.32529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8498DC

secondary

#EBE5D1

accent

#9F22C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8498DC

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

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