#8E89B1#8E89B1

#8E89B1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.059 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E89B1
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 177)
HSL	hsl(248, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 10.40, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 22.83, 297.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0207 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.059 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0350, 26.8161, 45.2855)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E89B1 #ACB189

analogous

#8998B1 #8E89B1 #A289B1

triadic

#8E89B1 #B18E89 #89B18E

tetradic

#8E89B1 #B18998 #ACB189 #89B1A2

square

#8E89B1 #B18998 #ACB189 #89B1A2

split-complementary

#8E89B1 #B1A289 #98B189

monochromatic

#514C73 #6B6598 #8E89B1 #B1AEC9 #D5D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8E89B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#8E89B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E89B1

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E89B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E89B1	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e89b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.059 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afabc8',
    500: '#8e89b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e89b1;
$custom-light: #afabc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e89b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 20.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.05933,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E89B1

secondary

#D0D2C3

accent

#9F4794

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E89B1

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

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