#8E91C2#8E91C2

#8E91C2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.072 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E91C2
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 194)
HSL	hsl(237, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 9.90, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 27.55, 291.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0145 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.072 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0158, 29.8959, 55.1648)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E91C2 #C2BF8E

analogous

#8EABC2 #8E91C2 #A58EC2

triadic

#8E91C2 #C28E91 #91C28E

tetradic

#8E91C2 #C28EAB #C2BF8E #8EC2A5

square

#8E91C2 #C28EAB #C2BF8E #8EC2A5

split-complementary

#8E91C2 #C2A58E #ABC28E

monochromatic

#4B4F8B #666AAD #8E91C2 #B6B8D7 #DDDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8E91C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8E91C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E91C2

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E91C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E91C2	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e91c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.072 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b1d4',
    500: '#8e91c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e91c2;
$custom-light: #b0b1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e91c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67233,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E91C2

secondary

#DEDECD

accent

#A23DA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F5FA

border

#CFCFD3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E91C2

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

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