#8991BF#8991BF

#8991BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.069 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8991BF
RGB	rgb(137, 145, 191)
HSL	hsl(231, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 7.63, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 25.96, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0081 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.069 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8434, 29.3299, 53.3690)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8991BF #BFB789

analogous

#89ACBF #8991BF #9C89BF

triadic

#8991BF #BF8991 #91BF89

tetradic

#8991BF #BF89AC #BFB789 #89BF9C

square

#8991BF #BF89AC #BFB789 #89BF9C

split-complementary

#8991BF #BF9C89 #ACBF89

monochromatic

#485185 #616CA9 #8991BF #B1B6D5 #D8DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8991BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8991BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8991BF

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8991BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8991BF	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8991bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 145, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.069 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1d2',
    500: '#8991bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8991bf;
$custom-light: #acb1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8991bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 29.67,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66718,
    "c": 0.0689,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8991BF

secondary

#DBD8C9

accent

#983DA8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8991BF

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

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