#859EA6#859EA6

#859EA6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.030 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859EA6
RGB	rgb(133, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 20%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -6.92, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 9.90, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0236 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.03 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7808, 32.1926, 40.7664)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859EA6 #A68D85

analogous

#85A69D #859EA6 #858DA6

triadic

#859EA6 #A6859E #9EA685

tetradic

#859EA6 #9D85A6 #A68D85 #8DA685

square

#859EA6 #9D85A6 #A68D85 #8DA685

split-complementary

#859EA6 #A6858D #A69D85

monochromatic

#4A5F66 #648089 #859EA6 #A8BAC0 #CCD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#859EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#859EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859EA6

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859EA6	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.030 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bac0',
    500: '#859ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859ea6;
$custom-light: #a9bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68269,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859EA6

secondary

#CAC0BD

accent

#816FB8

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #859EA6

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

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