#8E89BB#8E89BB

#8E89BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.074 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E89BB
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 187)
HSL	hsl(246, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(246, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 12.79, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 28.45, 296.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0238 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.074 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0685, 27.2295, 50.7284)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E89BB #B6BB89

analogous

#899DBB #8E89BB #A789BB

triadic

#8E89BB #BB8E89 #89BB8E

tetradic

#8E89BB #BB899D #B6BB89 #89BBA7

square

#8E89BB #BB899D #B6BB89 #89BBA7

split-complementary

#8E89BB #BBA789 #9DBB89

monochromatic

#4F4A80 #6962A5 #8E89BB #B3B0D1 #D8D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8E89BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8E89BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E89BB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E89BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E89BB	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C90BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e89bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.074 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0abcf',
    500: '#8e89bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e89bb;
$custom-light: #b0abcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e89bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65301,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E89BB

secondary

#D7D9C7

accent

#A5409B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F5F4F9

border

#CFCED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E89BB

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

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