#8C9DDF#8C9DDF

#8C9DDF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C9DDF
RGB	rgb(140, 157, 223)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 9.97, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 36.77, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0045 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.099 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1875, 35.0156, 74.6497)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C9DDF #DFCE8C

analogous

#8CC6DF #8C9DDF #A48CDF

triadic

#8C9DDF #DF8C9D #9DDF8C

tetradic

#8C9DDF #DF8CC6 #DFCE8C #8CDFA4

square

#8C9DDF #DF8CC6 #DFCE8C #8CDFA4

split-complementary

#8C9DDF #DFA48C #C6DF8C

monochromatic

#3450BC #5C74D2 #8C9DDF #BCC6EC #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8C9DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#8C9DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C9DDF

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C9DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C9DDF	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c9ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 157, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b9e9',
    500: '#8c9ddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c9ddf;
$custom-light: #b0b9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c9ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.711,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C9DDF

secondary

#EEEAD8

accent

#A321C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C9DDF

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

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