#8499BC#8499BC

#8499BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.057 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8499BC
RGB	rgb(132, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 0.81, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 20.56, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0094 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.057 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9814, 31.3177, 52.0324)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8499BC #BCA784

analogous

#84B5BC #8499BC #8B84BC

triadic

#8499BC #BC8499 #99BC84

tetradic

#8499BC #BC84B5 #BCA784 #84BC8B

square

#8499BC #BC84B5 #BCA784 #84BC8B

split-complementary

#8499BC #BC8B84 #B5BC84

monochromatic

#465C80 #5C78A6 #8499BC #ACBAD2 #D3DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8499BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#8499BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8499BC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8499BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8499BC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8499bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.057 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b7d0',
    500: '#8499bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8499bc;
$custom-light: #a9b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8499bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67921,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8499BC

secondary

#D8D0C4

accent

#803DA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8499BC

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

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