#8B99C8#8B99C8

#8B99C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.071 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B99C8
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 5.94, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 26.47, 282.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.002 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.071 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4611, 32.4405, 59.1837)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B99C8 #C8BA8B

analogous

#8BB8C8 #8B99C8 #9C8BC8

triadic

#8B99C8 #C88B99 #99C88B

tetradic

#8B99C8 #C88BB8 #C8BA8B #8BC89C

square

#8B99C8 #C88BB8 #C8BA8B #8BC89C

split-complementary

#8B99C8 #C89C8B #B8C88B

monochromatic

#465793 #6174B4 #8B99C8 #B5BEDC #DEE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8B99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#8B99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B99C8

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B99C8	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.071 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6d8',
    500: '#8b99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b99c8;
$custom-light: #aeb6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.23,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B99C8

secondary

#E1DDCE

accent

#9337AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B99C8

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

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