#8C99BC#8C99BC

#8C99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.054 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C99BC
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(224, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 3.26, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 19.91, 279.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0009 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.054 269)
XYZ	xyz(31.2811, 31.9879, 52.0934)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C99BC #BCAF8C

analogous

#8CB1BC #8C99BC #978CBC

triadic

#8C99BC #BC8C99 #99BC8C

tetradic

#8C99BC #BC8CB1 #BCAF8C #8CBC97

square

#8C99BC #BC8CB1 #BCAF8C #8CBC97

split-complementary

#8C99BC #BC978C #B1BC8C

monochromatic

#4C5A82 #6577A5 #8C99BC #B3BBD3 #D9DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8C99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#8C99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C99BC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C99BC	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.054 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb7d0',
    500: '#8c99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c99bc;
$custom-light: #aeb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.05385,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.31989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C99BC

secondary

#DAD6CA

accent

#8A41A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C99BC

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

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