#859EA8#859EA8

#859EA8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.032 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859EA8
RGB	rgb(133, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -6.47, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 10.37, 231.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0228 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.032 224)
XYZ	xyz(28.9657, 32.2665, 41.7401)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859EA8 #A88F85

analogous

#85A8A1 #859EA8 #858DA8

triadic

#859EA8 #A8859E #9EA885

tetradic

#859EA8 #A185A8 #A88F85 #8DA885

square

#859EA8 #A185A8 #A88F85 #8DA885

split-complementary

#859EA8 #A8858D #A8A185

monochromatic

#4A6068 #64818C #859EA8 #A9BAC1 #CCD7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#859EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#859EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859EA8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859EA8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.032 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bac1',
    500: '#859ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859ea8;
$custom-light: #a9bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 16.746,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.03168,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.32267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859EA8

secondary

#CBC1BE

accent

#846EB9

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #859EA8

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

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