#8D99DD#8D99DD

#8D99DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.101 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99DD
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 12.00, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 37.88, 288.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0102 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.101 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4231, 33.6643, 73.0240)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99DD #DDD18D

analogous

#8DC1DD #8D99DD #A98DDD

triadic

#8D99DD #DD8D99 #99DD8D

tetradic

#8D99DD #DD8DC1 #DDD18D #8DDDA9

square

#8D99DD #DD8DC1 #DDD18D #8DDDA9

split-complementary

#8D99DD #DDA98D #C1DD8D

monochromatic

#374AB9 #5E6FCF #8D99DD #BCC3EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8D99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8D99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99DD

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99DD	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.101 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b6e8',
    500: '#8d99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99dd;
$custom-light: #b1b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99DD

secondary

#EEEAD8

accent

#AA24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99DD

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

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