#8B9FD9#8B9FD9

#8B9FD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.088 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9FD9
RGB	rgb(139, 159, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 6.96, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 32.50, 282.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0009 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.088 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5663, 35.2935, 70.5705)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9FD9 #D9C58B

analogous

#8BC6D9 #8B9FD9 #9E8BD9

triadic

#8B9FD9 #D98B9F #9FD98B

tetradic

#8B9FD9 #D98BC6 #D9C58B #8BD99E

square

#8B9FD9 #D98BC6 #D9C58B #8BD99E

split-complementary

#8B9FD9 #D99E8B #C6D98B

monochromatic

#3A58B0 #5D79CA #8B9FD9 #B9C5E8 #E7EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8B9FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#8B9FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9FD9

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9FD9	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 159, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.088 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbbe5',
    500: '#8b9fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9fd9;
$custom-light: #afbbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.615,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9FD9

secondary

#EBE5D5

accent

#9727BE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111115

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9FD9

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

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