#8B9EED#8B9EED

#8B9EED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9EED
RGB	rgb(139, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 12.97, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 43.81, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0058 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.117 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1557, 36.0552, 85.0532)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9EED #EDDA8B

analogous

#8BCFED #8B9EED #A98BED

triadic

#8B9EED #ED8B9E #9EED8B

tetradic

#8B9EED #ED8BCF #EDDA8B #8BEDA9

square

#8B9EED #ED8BCF #EDDA8B #8BEDA9

split-complementary

#8B9EED #EDA98B #CFED8B

monochromatic

#2246DC #5672E5 #8B9EED #C0CAF5 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8B9EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8B9EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9EED

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9EED	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0baf3',
    500: '#8b9eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9eed;
$custom-light: #b0baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.367,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9EED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AF10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9EED

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

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