#8D99E7#8D99E7

#8D99E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99E7
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 231)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 33.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 14.70, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 43.35, 289.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0127 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.115 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7953, 34.2131, 80.2509)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99E7 #E7DB8D

analogous

#8DC6E7 #8D99E7 #AE8DE7

triadic

#8D99E7 #E78D99 #99E78D

tetradic

#8D99E7 #E78DC6 #E7DB8D #8DE7AE

square

#8D99E7 #E78DC6 #E7DB8D #8DE7AE

split-complementary

#8D99E7 #E7AE8D #C6E78D

monochromatic

#2B41CE #5A6CDC #8D99E7 #C0C6F2 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8D99E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#8D99E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99E7

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99E7	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b6ef',
    500: '#8d99e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99e7;
$custom-light: #b1b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99E7

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B518CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99E7

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

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