#859EA9#859EA9

#859EA9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.032 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859EA9
RGB	rgb(133, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -6.24, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 10.65, 234.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0224 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.032 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0592, 32.3039, 42.2326)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#859EA9 #A99085

analogous

#85A9A2 #859EA9 #858CA9

triadic

#859EA9 #A9859E #9EA985

tetradic

#859EA9 #A285A9 #A99085 #8CA985

square

#859EA9 #A285A9 #A99085 #8CA985

split-complementary

#859EA9 #A9858C #A9A285

monochromatic

#4A6069 #64818D #859EA9 #A9BBC2 #CDD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#859EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#859EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #859EA9

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859EA9	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.032 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bac2',
    500: '#859ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859ea9;
$custom-light: #a9bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68371,
    "c": 0.03239,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859EA9

secondary

#CCC2BE

accent

#856EBA

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #859EA9

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

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