#8993BB#8993BB

#8993BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.061 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8993BB
RGB	rgb(137, 147, 187)
HSL	hsl(228, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(228, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 5.49, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 22.64, 284.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0039 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.061 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7175, 29.7728, 51.1851)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8993BB #BBB189

analogous

#89ACBB #8993BB #9889BB

triadic

#8993BB #BB8993 #93BB89

tetradic

#8993BB #BB89AC #BBB189 #89BB98

square

#8993BB #BB89AC #BBB189 #89BB98

split-complementary

#8993BB #BB9889 #ACBB89

monochromatic

#4A5580 #626FA5 #8993BB #B0B7D1 #D7DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8993BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8993BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8993BB

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8993BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8993BB	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8993bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 147, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.061 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb2cf',
    500: '#8993bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8993bb;
$custom-light: #acb2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8993bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66968,
    "c": 0.06051,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8993BB

secondary

#D9D5C7

accent

#9140A5

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F5F9

border

#CECFD2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8993BB

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

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