#8991CD#8991CD

#8991CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.089 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8991CD
RGB	rgb(137, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, 11.23, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 33.73, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0122 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.089 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4583, 29.9759, 61.8742)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8991CD #CDC589

analogous

#89B3CD #8991CD #A389CD

triadic

#8991CD #CD8991 #91CD89

tetradic

#8991CD #CD89B3 #CDC589 #89CDA3

square

#8991CD #CD89B3 #CDC589 #89CDA3

split-complementary

#8991CD #CDA389 #B3CD89

monochromatic

#414C9A #5E69BB #8991CD #B4B9DF #DFE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8991CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8991CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8991CD

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8991CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8991CD	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8991cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.089 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb1dc',
    500: '#8991cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8991cd;
$custom-light: #adb1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8991cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8991CD

secondary

#E4E1CE

accent

#A432B4

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8991CD

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

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