#8993CD#8993CD

#8993CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8993CD
RGB	rgb(137, 147, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(231, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 10.08, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 32.59, 288.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0095 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.087 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7666, 30.5925, 61.9770)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8993CD #CDC389

analogous

#89B5CD #8993CD #A189CD

triadic

#8993CD #CD8993 #93CD89

tetradic

#8993CD #CD89B5 #CDC389 #89CDA1

square

#8993CD #CD89B5 #CDC389 #89CDA1

split-complementary

#8993CD #CDA189 #B5CD89

monochromatic

#414E9A #5E6CBB #8993CD #B4BADF #DFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8993CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8993CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8993CD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8993CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8993CD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8993cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 147, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb2dc',
    500: '#8993cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8993cd;
$custom-light: #adb2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8993cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.176,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67749,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8993CD

secondary

#E4E1CE

accent

#A032B4

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F5FB

border

#CECFD4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8993CD

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

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