#8499BE#8499BE

#8499BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.060 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8499BE
RGB	rgb(132, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 1.32, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 21.60, 273.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0087 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.06 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1985, 31.4046, 53.1758)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8499BE #BEA984

analogous

#84B6BE #8499BE #8C84BE

triadic

#8499BE #BE8499 #99BE84

tetradic

#8499BE #BE84B6 #BEA984 #84BE8C

square

#8499BE #BE84B6 #BEA984 #84BE8C

split-complementary

#8499BE #BE8C84 #B6BE84

monochromatic

#455B83 #5C78A9 #8499BE #ACBAD3 #D4DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8499BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8499BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8499BE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8499BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8499BE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8499be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.060 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b6d1',
    500: '#8499be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8499be;
$custom-light: #a9b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8499be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 30.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68002,
    "c": 0.05995,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8499BE

secondary

#D9D2C5

accent

#823CAA

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8499BE

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

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