#8E81BE#8E81BE

#8E81BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.091 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E81BE
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 18.18, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 35.19, 301.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0362 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.091 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2976, 25.1686, 52.0724)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E81BE #B1BE81

analogous

#8192BE #8E81BE #AD81BE

triadic

#8E81BE #BE8E81 #81BE8E

tetradic

#8E81BE #BE8192 #B1BE81 #81BEAD

square

#8E81BE #BE8192 #B1BE81 #81BEAD

split-complementary

#8E81BE #BEAD81 #92BE81

monochromatic

#504382 #6A59A9 #8E81BE #B2A9D3 #D6D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8E81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E81BE

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E81BE	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.091 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a5d2',
    500: '#8e81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e81be;
$custom-light: #b0a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E81BE

secondary

#D4D8C2

accent

#AB3B93

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F5F4F9

border

#CFCED2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E81BE

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

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