#8A91DD#8A91DD

#8A91DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91DD
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 34.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 15.79, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 42.57, 291.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0174 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.112 279)
XYZ	xyz(33.6540, 30.8732, 72.5785)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91DD #DDD68A

analogous

#8ABADD #8A91DD #AC8ADD

triadic

#8A91DD #DD8A91 #91DD8A

tetradic

#8A91DD #DD8ABA #DDD68A #8ADDAC

square

#8A91DD #DD8ABA #DDD68A #8ADDAC

split-complementary

#8A91DD #DDAC8A #BADD8A

monochromatic

#3540B7 #5B64CF #8A91DD #B9BEEB #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A91DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#8A91DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91DD

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91DD	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb1e8',
    500: '#8a91dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91dd;
$custom-light: #afb1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.94,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68178,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.30875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91DD

secondary

#EDEBD6

accent

#B523C2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91DD

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

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