#8D99CD#8D99CD

#8D99CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.078 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99CD
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 7.80, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 29.13, 285.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0056 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.078 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3921, 32.8519, 62.3274)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99CD #CDC18D

analogous

#8DB9CD #8D99CD #A18DCD

triadic

#8D99CD #CD8D99 #99CD8D

tetradic

#8D99CD #CD8DB9 #CDC18D #8DCDA1

square

#8D99CD #CD8DB9 #CDC18D #8DCDA1

split-complementary

#8D99CD #CDA18D #B9CD8D

monochromatic

#44559B #6273BA #8D99CD #B8BFE0 #E2E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8D99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8D99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99CD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99CD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.078 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6dc',
    500: '#8d99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99cd;
$custom-light: #b0b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6928,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99CD

secondary

#E5E1D1

accent

#9A33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99CD

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

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