#859CD7#859CD7

#859CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD7
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(223, 51%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 6.48, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 33.28, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0037 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.091 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8234, 33.6682, 68.9932)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD7 #D7C085

analogous

#85C5D7 #859CD7 #9785D7

triadic

#859CD7 #D7859C #9CD785

tetradic

#859CD7 #D785C5 #D7C085 #85D797

square

#859CD7 #D785C5 #D7C085 #85D797

split-complementary

#859CD7 #D79785 #C5D785

monochromatic

#3858AA #5777C8 #859CD7 #B3C1E6 #E1E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#859CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#859CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e3',
    500: '#859cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd7;
$custom-light: #abb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.171,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69785,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD7

secondary

#E8E1CF

accent

#9428BE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD7

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

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