#8499DB#8499DB

#8499DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.100 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8499DB
RGB	rgb(132, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 9.03, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 37.07, 284.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0002 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.1 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6892, 32.8009, 71.5602)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8499DB #DBC684

analogous

#84C5DB #8499DB #9B84DB

triadic

#8499DB #DB8499 #99DB84

tetradic

#8499DB #DB84C5 #DBC684 #84DB9B

square

#8499DB #DB84C5 #DBC684 #84DB9B

split-complementary

#8499DB #DB9B84 #C5DB84

monochromatic

#3452B1 #5572CD #8499DB #B3C0E9 #E3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8499DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8499DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8499DB

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8499DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8499DB	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8499db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.100 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb6e6',
    500: '#8499db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8499db;
$custom-light: #abb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8499db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6928,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8499DB

secondary

#EAE4D1

accent

#9C23C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8499DB

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

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