#8D9DCD#8D9DCD

#8D9DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.073 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9DCD
RGB	rgb(141, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 5.53, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 26.99, 281.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0002 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.073 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0578, 34.1832, 62.5493)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9DCD #CDBD8D

analogous

#8DBDCD #8D9DCD #9D8DCD

triadic

#8D9DCD #CD8D9D #9DCD8D

tetradic

#8D9DCD #CD8DBD #CDBD8D #8DCD9D

square

#8D9DCD #CD8DBD #CDBD8D #8DCD9D

split-complementary

#8D9DCD #CD9D8D #BDCD8D

monochromatic

#445A9B #6278BA #8D9DCD #B8C2E0 #E2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8D9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#8D9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9DCD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9DCD	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)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.073 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b9dc',
    500: '#8d9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9dcd;
$custom-light: #b0b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.07298,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9DCD

secondary

#E5E0D1

accent

#9233B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9DCD

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

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