#859CD6#859CD6

#859CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.090 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD6
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 6.21, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 32.75, 280.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.004 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.09 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6953, 33.6170, 68.3186)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD6 #D6BF85

analogous

#85C4D6 #859CD6 #9685D6

triadic

#859CD6 #D6859C #9CD685

tetradic

#859CD6 #D685C4 #D6BF85 #85D696

square

#859CD6 #D685C4 #D6BF85 #85D696

split-complementary

#859CD6 #D69685 #C4D685

monochromatic

#3858A8 #5777C7 #859CD6 #B3C1E5 #E1E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#859CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#859CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CA8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.090 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e3',
    500: '#859cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd6;
$custom-light: #abb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.963,
    "s": 49.693,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69739,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD6

secondary

#E8E1CF

accent

#9328BD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD6

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

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