#859CD5#859CD5

#859CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.088 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD5
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 5.94, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 32.22, 280.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0043 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.088 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5679, 33.5660, 67.6481)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD5 #D5BE85

analogous

#85C4D5 #859CD5 #9685D5

triadic

#859CD5 #D5859C #9CD585

tetradic

#859CD5 #D585C4 #D5BE85 #85D596

square

#859CD5 #D585C4 #D5BE85 #85D596

split-complementary

#859CD5 #D59685 #C4D585

monochromatic

#3959A6 #5777C5 #859CD5 #B3C1E5 #E0E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#859CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#859CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CA8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.088 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e2',
    500: '#859cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd5;
$custom-light: #abb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.75,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69694,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD5

secondary

#E7E0CF

accent

#9229BC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD5

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

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