#8993BE#8993BE

#8993BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.065 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8993BE
RGB	rgb(137, 147, 190)
HSL	hsl(229, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(229, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 6.24, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 24.29, 284.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.0049 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.065 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0420, 29.9026, 52.8942)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8993BE #BEB489

analogous

#89AEBE #8993BE #9A89BE

triadic

#8993BE #BE8993 #93BE89

tetradic

#8993BE #BE89AE #BEB489 #89BE9A

square

#8993BE #BE89AE #BEB489 #89BE9A

split-complementary

#8993BE #BE9A89 #AEBE89

monochromatic

#495484 #626FA8 #8993BE #B0B7D4 #D8DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8993BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8993BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8993BE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8993BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8993BE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8993be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 147, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.065 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb2d1',
    500: '#8993be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8993be;
$custom-light: #acb2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8993be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.679,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67093,
    "c": 0.06486,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8993BE

secondary

#DBD7C8

accent

#943EA8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F5F9

border

#CECFD2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8993BE

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

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