#8E81D6#8E81D6

#8E81D6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.125 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E81D6
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 214)
HSL	hsl(249, 51%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 40%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 24.32, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 48.53, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0416 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.125 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1400, 26.3056, 67.0421)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E81D6 #C9D681

analogous

#819FD6 #8E81D6 #B881D6

triadic

#8E81D6 #D68E81 #81D68E

tetradic

#8E81D6 #D6819F #C9D681 #81D6B8

square

#8E81D6 #D6819F #C9D681 #81D6B8

split-complementary

#8E81D6 #D6B881 #9FD681

monochromatic

#4736A6 #6553C7 #8E81D6 #B7AFE5 #E1DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8E81D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#8E81D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E81D6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E81D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E81D6	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C91A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e81d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.125 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a5e3',
    500: '#8e81d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e81d6;
$custom-light: #b1a5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e81d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.176,
    "s": 50.898,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65029,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E81D6

secondary

#E3E7CC

accent

#BE27A7

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E81D6

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

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