#8D99E8#8D99E8

#8D99E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D99E8
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 14.98, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 43.89, 289.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.013 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.116 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9369, 34.2698, 80.9968)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D99E8 #E8DC8D

analogous

#8DC6E8 #8D99E8 #AE8DE8

triadic

#8D99E8 #E88D99 #99E88D

tetradic

#8D99E8 #E88DC6 #E8DC8D #8DE8AE

square

#8D99E8 #E88DC6 #E8DC8D #8DE8AE

split-complementary

#8D99E8 #E8AE8D #C6E88D

monochromatic

#2A40D1 #5A6BDE #8D99E8 #C0C7F2 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8D99E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8D99E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D99E8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D99E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D99E8	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d99e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b6ef',
    500: '#8d99e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d99e8;
$custom-light: #b1b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d99e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.088,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D99E8

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B617CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D99E8

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

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