#8D99E5#8D99E5

#8D99E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99E5
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(232, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 14.16, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 42.26, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0123 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.112 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5144, 34.1008, 78.7717)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99E5 #E5D98D

analogous

#8DC5E5 #8D99E5 #AD8DE5

triadic

#8D99E5 #E58D99 #99E58D

tetradic

#8D99E5 #E58DC5 #E5D98D #8DE5AD

square

#8D99E5 #E58DC5 #E5D98D #8DE5AD

split-complementary

#8D99E5 #E5AD8D #C5E58D

monochromatic

#2E43CA #5B6CDA #8D99E5 #BFC6F0 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8D99E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#8D99E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99E5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99E5	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b6ed',
    500: '#8d99e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99e5;
$custom-light: #b1b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70386,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99E5

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B31BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99E5

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

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