#8499BD#8499BD

#8499BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.059 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8499BD
RGB	rgb(132, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(218, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 1.07, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 21.08, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.009 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.059 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0896, 31.3610, 52.6021)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8499BD #BDA884

analogous

#84B5BD #8499BD #8B84BD

triadic

#8499BD #BD8499 #99BD84

tetradic

#8499BD #BD84B5 #BDA884 #84BD8B

square

#8499BD #BD84B5 #BDA884 #84BD8B

split-complementary

#8499BD #BD8B84 #B5BD84

monochromatic

#455B81 #5C78A8 #8499BD #ACBAD2 #D4DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8499BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#8499BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8499BD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8499BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8499BD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8499bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.059 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b7d1',
    500: '#8499bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8499bd;
$custom-light: #a9b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8499bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.0586,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8499BD

secondary

#D9D1C4

accent

#813DA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8499BD

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

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