#8B99BC#8B99BC

#8B99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.054 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B99BC
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 2.95, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 19.98, 278.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.002 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.054 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1133, 31.9014, 52.0855)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B99BC #BCAE8B

analogous

#8BB2BC #8B99BC #968BBC

triadic

#8B99BC #BC8B99 #99BC8B

tetradic

#8B99BC #BC8BB2 #BCAE8B #8BBC96

square

#8B99BC #BC8BB2 #BCAE8B #8BBC96

split-complementary

#8B99BC #BC968B #B2BC8B

monochromatic

#4B5B82 #6477A6 #8B99BC #B2BBD2 #D9DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8B99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8B99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B99BC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B99BC	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.054 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7d0',
    500: '#8b99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b99bc;
$custom-light: #adb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68425,
    "c": 0.05422,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B99BC

secondary

#DAD5C9

accent

#8840A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B99BC

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

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