#8B9AE1#8B9AE1

#8B9AE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9AE1
RGB	rgb(139, 154, 225)
HSL	hsl(230, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 11.96, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 39.55, 287.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0078 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.106 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7896, 34.0349, 75.9032)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9AE1 #E1D28B

analogous

#8BC5E1 #8B9AE1 #A78BE1

triadic

#8B9AE1 #E18B9A #9AE18B

tetradic

#8B9AE1 #E18BC5 #E1D28B #8BE1A7

square

#8B9AE1 #E18BC5 #E1D28B #8BE1A7

split-complementary

#8B9AE1 #E1A78B #C5E18B

monochromatic

#324AC0 #5A70D4 #8B9AE1 #BCC4EE #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8B9AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#8B9AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9AE1

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9AE1	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 154, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b7ea',
    500: '#8b9ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9ae1;
$custom-light: #b0b7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.535,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9AE1

secondary

#EFEBD9

accent

#A91FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9AE1

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

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