#859CD9#859CD9

#859CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.094 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859CD9
RGB	rgb(133, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 7.03, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 34.35, 281.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0032 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.094 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0819, 33.7716, 70.3550)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859CD9 #D9C285

analogous

#85C6D9 #859CD9 #9885D9

triadic

#859CD9 #D9859C #9CD985

tetradic

#859CD9 #D985C6 #D9C285 #85D998

square

#859CD9 #D985C6 #D9C285 #85D998

split-complementary

#859CD9 #D99885 #C6D985

monochromatic

#3657AE #5676CA #859CD9 #B4C2E8 #E2E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#859CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#859CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859CD9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859CD9	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.094 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9e5',
    500: '#859cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859cd9;
$custom-light: #abb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.571,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859CD9

secondary

#E9E3D0

accent

#9626C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #859CD9

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

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