#8D99CE#8D99CE

#8D99CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.079 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99CE
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 8.06, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 29.67, 285.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.006 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.079 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5132, 32.9003, 62.9652)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99CE #CEC28D

analogous

#8DB9CE #8D99CE #A18DCE

triadic

#8D99CE #CE8D99 #99CE8D

tetradic

#8D99CE #CE8DB9 #CEC28D #8DCEA1

square

#8D99CE #CE8DB9 #CEC28D #8DCEA1

split-complementary

#8D99CE #CEA18D #B9CE8D

monochromatic

#44549D #6273BC #8D99CE #B8BFE0 #E3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8D99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#8D99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99CE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99CE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.079 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6dd',
    500: '#8d99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99ce;
$custom-light: #b0b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.923,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99CE

secondary

#E5E2D1

accent

#9B33B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99CE

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

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