#8499CD#8499CD

#8499CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.081 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8499CD
RGB	rgb(132, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 5.23, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 29.53, 280.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0038 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.081 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9231, 32.0944, 62.2586)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8499CD #CDB884

analogous

#84BDCD #8499CD #9384CD

triadic

#8499CD #CD8499 #99CD84

tetradic

#8499CD #CD84BD #CDB884 #84CD93

square

#8499CD #CD84BD #CDB884 #84CD93

split-complementary

#8499CD #CD9384 #BDCD84

monochromatic

#3E5899 #5875BB #8499CD #B0BDDF #DBE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8499CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8499CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8499CD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8499CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8499CD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8499cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.081 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab6dc',
    500: '#8499cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8499cd;
$custom-light: #aab6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8499cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.74,
    "s": 42.197,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68639,
    "c": 0.08074,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8499CD

secondary

#E2DBCA

accent

#8F30B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8499CD

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

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