#8E8DB2#8E8DB2

#8E8DB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.055 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8DB2
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(242, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 8.33, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 20.94, 293.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0151 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.055 286)
XYZ	xyz(28.7142, 28.0145, 46.0054)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8DB2 #B1B28D

analogous

#8D9EB2 #8E8DB2 #A18DB2

triadic

#8E8DB2 #B28E8D #8DB28E

tetradic

#8E8DB2 #B28D9E #B1B28D #8DB2A1

square

#8E8DB2 #B28D9E #B1B28D #8DB2A1

split-complementary

#8E8DB2 #B2A18D #9EB28D

monochromatic

#504F75 #6A6899 #8E8DB2 #B2B2CB #D6D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8DB2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8DB2	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8491B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.055 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaec9',
    500: '#8e8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8db2;
$custom-light: #afaec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 19.372,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.05466,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.28015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8DB2

secondary

#D4D4C7

accent

#9E489B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8DB2

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

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