#8B95CE#8B95CE

#8B95CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.085 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B95CE
RGB	rgb(139, 149, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 9.77, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 31.96, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0092 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.085 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5324, 31.4390, 62.7348)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B95CE #CEC48B

analogous

#8BB6CE #8B95CE #A38BCE

triadic

#8B95CE #CE8B95 #95CE8B

tetradic

#8B95CE #CE8BB6 #CEC48B #8BCEA3

square

#8B95CE #CE8BB6 #CEC48B #8BCEA3

split-complementary

#8B95CE #CEA38B #B6CE8B

monochromatic

#42509C #606EBC #8B95CE #B6BCE0 #E1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8B95CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8B95CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B95CE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B95CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B95CE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b95ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 149, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.085 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4dd',
    500: '#8b95ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b95ce;
$custom-light: #aeb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b95ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.045,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68352,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B95CE

secondary

#E5E2D0

accent

#A032B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B95CE

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

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