#8B9CD2#8B9CD2

#8B9CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.082 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9CD2
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(226, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 6.82, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 30.31, 283.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.001 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.082 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1654, 33.9177, 65.7069)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9CD2 #D2C18B

analogous

#8BBFD2 #8B9CD2 #9D8BD2

triadic

#8B9CD2 #D28B9C #9CD28B

tetradic

#8B9CD2 #D28BBF #D2C18B #8BD29D

square

#8B9CD2 #D28BBF #D2C18B #8BD29D

split-complementary

#8B9CD2 #D29D8B #BFD28B

monochromatic

#3F57A3 #5F76C1 #8B9CD2 #B7C2E3 #E3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8B9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8B9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9CD2

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9CD2	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.082 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9e0',
    500: '#8b9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9cd2;
$custom-light: #afb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.634,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9CD2

secondary

#E7E2D2

accent

#962EB7

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9CD2

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

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