#8E91C4#8E91C4

#8E91C4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.075 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E91C4
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 196)
HSL	hsl(237, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 26%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 10.40, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 28.67, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0151 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.075 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2419, 29.9863, 56.3558)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E91C4 #C4C18E

analogous

#8EACC4 #8E91C4 #A68EC4

triadic

#8E91C4 #C48E91 #91C48E

tetradic

#8E91C4 #C48EAC #C4C18E #8EC4A6

square

#8E91C4 #C48EAC #C4C18E #8EC4A6

split-complementary

#8E91C4 #C4A68E #ACC48E

monochromatic

#4A4E8E #666AAF #8E91C4 #B6B8D9 #DEDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E91C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8E91C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E91C4

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E91C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E91C4	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8397C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e91c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.075 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b1d6',
    500: '#8e91c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e91c4;
$custom-light: #b0b1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e91c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 31.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.07529,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E91C4

secondary

#E0DFCE

accent

#A43BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F5FA

border

#CFCFD3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E91C4

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

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