#8B9FED#8B9FED

#8B9FED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9FED
RGB	rgb(139, 159, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 12.40, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 43.25, 286.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0045 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.116 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3270, 36.3978, 85.1103)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9FED #EDD98B

analogous

#8BD0ED #8B9FED #A88BED

triadic

#8B9FED #ED8B9F #9FED8B

tetradic

#8B9FED #ED8BD0 #EDD98B #8BEDA8

square

#8B9FED #ED8BD0 #EDD98B #8BEDA8

split-complementary

#8B9FED #EDA88B #D0ED8B

monochromatic

#2248DC #5673E5 #8B9FED #C0CBF5 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8B9FED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8B9FED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9FED

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9FED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9FED	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9fed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 159, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bbf3',
    500: '#8b9fed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9fed;
$custom-light: #b0bbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9fed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71843,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9FED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AD10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9FED

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

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