#8B99D9#8B99D9

#8B99D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.096 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B99D9
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 217)
HSL	hsl(229, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 10.38, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 35.75, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.007 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.096 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5594, 33.2798, 70.2349)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B99D9 #D9CB8B

analogous

#8BC0D9 #8B99D9 #A48BD9

triadic

#8B99D9 #D98B99 #99D98B

tetradic

#8B99D9 #D98BC0 #D9CB8B #8BD9A4

square

#8B99D9 #D98BC0 #D9CB8B #8BD9A4

split-complementary

#8B99D9 #D9A48B #C0D98B

monochromatic

#3A4FB0 #5D70CA #8B99D9 #B9C2E8 #E7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8B99D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8B99D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B99D9

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B99D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B99D9	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b99d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.096 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e5',
    500: '#8b99d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b99d9;
$custom-light: #afb6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b99d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69673,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B99D9

secondary

#EBE7D5

accent

#A327BE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111115

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B99D9

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

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