#8D99BD#8D99BD

#8D99BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.055 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99BD
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(225, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 3.81, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 20.39, 280.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0005 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.055 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5586, 32.1185, 52.6710)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99BD #BDB18D

analogous

#8DB1BD #8D99BD #998DBD

triadic

#8D99BD #BD8D99 #99BD8D

tetradic

#8D99BD #BD8DB1 #BDB18D #8DBD99

square

#8D99BD #BD8DB1 #BDB18D #8DBD99

split-complementary

#8D99BD #BD998D #B1BD8D

monochromatic

#4C5A83 #6676A7 #8D99BD #B4BCD3 #DBDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8D99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8D99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99BD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99BD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.055 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7d1',
    500: '#8d99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99bd;
$custom-light: #afb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.05492,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99BD

secondary

#DBD7CB

accent

#8C40A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99BD

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

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