#8991BE#8991BE

#8991BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.067 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8991BE
RGB	rgb(137, 145, 190)
HSL	hsl(231, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 7.38, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 25.40, 286.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0077 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.067 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7337, 29.2861, 52.7914)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8991BE #BEB689

analogous

#89ACBE #8991BE #9C89BE

triadic

#8991BE #BE8991 #91BE89

tetradic

#8991BE #BE89AC #BEB689 #89BE9C

square

#8991BE #BE89AC #BEB689 #89BE9C

split-complementary

#8991BE #BE9C89 #ACBE89

monochromatic

#495284 #626CA8 #8991BE #B0B6D4 #D8DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8991BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8991BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8991BE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8991BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8991BE	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8991be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 145, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.067 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1d1',
    500: '#8991be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8991be;
$custom-light: #acb1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8991be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.943,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66675,
    "c": 0.06743,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8991BE

secondary

#DBD8C8

accent

#983EA8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8991BE

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

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