#859CAC#859CAC

#859CAC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.035 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CAC
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(205, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 23%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -4.44, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 11.87, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0184 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.035 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0057, 31.7411, 43.6201)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CAC #AC9585

analogous

#85ACA8 #859CAC #8589AC

triadic

#859CAC #AC859C #9CAC85

tetradic

#859CAC #A885AC #AC9585 #89AC85

square

#859CAC #A885AC #AC9585 #89AC85

split-complementary

#859CAC #AC8589 #ACA885

monochromatic

#4A5E6D #637E91 #859CAC #A9BAC5 #CED7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#859CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#859CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CAC

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CAC	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.035 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b9c4',
    500: '#859cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cac;
$custom-light: #a9b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68036,
    "c": 0.03513,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CAC

secondary

#CEC5BF

accent

#8D6CBC

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CAC

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

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