#8B99CA#8B99CA

#8B99CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.074 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B99CA
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(227, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 6.45, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 27.56, 283.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0026 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.074 272)
XYZ	xyz(32.6964, 32.5346, 60.4227)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B99CA #CABC8B

analogous

#8BB9CA #8B99CA #9D8BCA

triadic

#8B99CA #CA8B99 #99CA8B

tetradic

#8B99CA #CA8BB9 #CABC8B #8BCA9D

square

#8B99CA #CA8BB9 #CABC8B #8BCA9D

split-complementary

#8B99CA #CA9D8B #B9CA8B

monochromatic

#455796 #6174B7 #8B99CA #B5BEDD #DFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8B99CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8B99CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B99CA

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B99CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B99CA	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b99ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.074 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6da',
    500: '#8b99ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b99ca;
$custom-light: #aeb6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b99ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.07412,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B99CA

secondary

#E2DECE

accent

#9535B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B99CA

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

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