#8E89EE#8E89EE

#8E89EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.146 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E89EE
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 238)
HSL	hsl(243, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(243, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 42.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 26.16, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 56.76, 297.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0355 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.146 284)
XYZ	xyz(35.5292, 29.8138, 84.7550)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E89EE #E9EE89

analogous

#89B6EE #8E89EE #C089EE

triadic

#8E89EE #EE8E89 #89EE8E

tetradic

#8E89EE #EE89B6 #E9EE89 #89EEC0

square

#8E89EE #EE89B6 #E9EE89 #89EEC0

split-complementary

#8E89EE #EEC089 #B6EE89

monochromatic

#2920DD #5B54E6 #8E89EE #C1BEF6 #E5E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8E89EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#8E89EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E89EE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E89EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E89EE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6598F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e89ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.146 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3abf4',
    500: '#8e89ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e89ee;
$custom-light: #b3abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e89ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.97,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67825,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E89EE

secondary

#F2F3D8

accent

#D70FCD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E89EE

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

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