#8B99EA#8B99EA

#8B99EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 275.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B99EA
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 15.01, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 45.02, 289.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0113 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.12 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8855, 34.2102, 82.4857)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B99EA #EADC8B

analogous

#8BC8EA #8B99EA #AC8BEA

triadic

#8B99EA #EA8B99 #99EA8B

tetradic

#8B99EA #EA8BC8 #EADC8B #8BEAAC

square

#8B99EA #EA8BC8 #EADC8B #8BEAAC

split-complementary

#8B99EA #EAAC8B #C8EA8B

monochromatic

#2640D4 #576BE1 #8B99EA #BFC7F3 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8B99EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#8B99EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B99EA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B99EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B99EA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DA9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b99ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6f1',
    500: '#8b99ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b99ea;
$custom-light: #b0b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b99ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.158,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B99EA

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B514D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B99EA

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

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