#8D9CED#8D9CED

#8D9CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9CED
RGB	rgb(141, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 14.63, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 44.89, 289.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0104 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.119 275)
XYZ	xyz(38.1544, 35.5523, 84.9562)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9CED #EDDE8D

analogous

#8DCCED #8D9CED #AE8DED

triadic

#8D9CED #ED8D9C #9CED8D

tetradic

#8D9CED #ED8DCC #EDDE8D #8DEDAE

square

#8D9CED #ED8DCC #EDDE8D #8DEDAE

split-complementary

#8D9CED #EDAE8D #CCED8D

monochromatic

#2340DC #586EE5 #8D9CED #C2CAF5 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8D9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#8D9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9CED

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9CED	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b9f3',
    500: '#8d9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9ced;
$custom-light: #b2b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.35554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9CED

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B611D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9CED

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

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