#859CD2#859CD2

#859CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.084 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD2
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(222, 46%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(222, 37%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 5.13, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 30.62, 279.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0052 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.084 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1907, 33.4151, 65.6612)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD2 #D2BB85

analogous

#85C3D2 #859CD2 #9585D2

triadic

#859CD2 #D2859C #9CD285

tetradic

#859CD2 #D285C3 #D2BB85 #85D295

square

#859CD2 #D285C3 #D2BB85 #85D295

split-complementary

#859CD2 #D29585 #C3D285

monochromatic

#3B5AA1 #5878C2 #859CD2 #B2C0E2 #DEE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#859CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#859CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD2

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD2	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.084 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e0',
    500: '#859cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd2;
$custom-light: #abb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.078,
    "s": 46.108,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6956,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD2

secondary

#E6DECD

accent

#8F2CB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD2

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

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