#8C99DA#8C99DA

#8C99DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C99DA
RGB	rgb(140, 153, 218)
HSL	hsl(230, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 29.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 10.92, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 36.27, 287.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0083 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.097 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8577, 33.4185, 70.9299)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C99DA #DACD8C

analogous

#8CC0DA #8C99DA #A68CDA

triadic

#8C99DA #DA8C99 #99DA8C

tetradic

#8C99DA #DA8CC0 #DACD8C #8CDAA6

square

#8C99DA #DA8CC0 #DACD8C #8CDAA6

split-complementary

#8C99DA #DAA68C #C0DA8C

monochromatic

#394DB2 #5E70CB #8C99DA #BAC2E9 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8C99DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8C99DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C99DA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C99DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C99DA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c99da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 153, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6e5',
    500: '#8c99da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c99da;
$custom-light: #b0b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c99da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69791,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C99DA

secondary

#ECE8D6

accent

#A527BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C99DA

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

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