#859CD4#859CD4

#859CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD4
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(223, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 37%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 5.67, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 31.68, 280.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0046 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.087 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4414, 33.5154, 66.9817)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD4 #D4BD85

analogous

#85C3D4 #859CD4 #9685D4

triadic

#859CD4 #D4859C #9CD485

tetradic

#859CD4 #D485C3 #D4BD85 #85D496

square

#859CD4 #D485C3 #D4BD85 #85D496

split-complementary

#859CD4 #D49685 #C3D485

monochromatic

#3A59A5 #5877C4 #859CD4 #B2C1E4 #E0E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#859CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#859CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD4	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e1',
    500: '#859cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd4;
$custom-light: #abb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.532,
    "s": 47.879,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69649,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD4

secondary

#E7E0CE

accent

#912ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD4

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

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