#8D9EE2#8D9EE2

#8D9EE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9EE2
RGB	rgb(141, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 10.48, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 37.81, 286.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.005 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.101 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9348, 35.6058, 76.8633)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9EE2 #E2D18D

analogous

#8DC9E2 #8D9EE2 #A78DE2

triadic

#8D9EE2 #E28D9E #9EE28D

tetradic

#8D9EE2 #E28DC9 #E2D18D #8DE2A7

square

#8D9EE2 #E28DC9 #E2D18D #8DE2A7

split-complementary

#8D9EE2 #E2A78D #C9E28D

monochromatic

#324FC3 #5C74D6 #8D9EE2 #BEC8EE #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8D9EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8D9EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9EE2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9EE2	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73ABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1baeb',
    500: '#8d9ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9ee2;
$custom-light: #b1baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71252,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9EE2

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A51EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9EE2

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

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