#8D9ED9#8D9ED9

#8D9ED9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.089 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9ED9
RGB	rgb(141, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(227, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.08, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 32.94, 284.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0025 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.089 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7321, 35.1248, 70.5292)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9ED9 #D9C88D

analogous

#8DC4D9 #8D9ED9 #A28DD9

triadic

#8D9ED9 #D98D9E #9ED98D

tetradic

#8D9ED9 #D98DC4 #D9C88D #8DD9A2

square

#8D9ED9 #D98DC4 #D9C88D #8DD9A2

split-complementary

#8D9ED9 #D9A28D #C4D98D

monochromatic

#3B55B1 #5F77CA #8D9ED9 #BBC5E8 #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8D9ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#8D9ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9ED9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9ED9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.089 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bae5',
    500: '#8d9ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9ed9;
$custom-light: #b0bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.579,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9ED9

secondary

#EBE7D6

accent

#9C28BD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111115

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9ED9

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

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