#8E91C8#8E91C8

#8E91C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.081 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E91C8
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 200)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(237, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 27.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 11.41, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 30.90, 291.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0163 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.081 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7033, 30.1709, 58.7856)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E91C8 #C8C58E

analogous

#8EAEC8 #8E91C8 #A88EC8

triadic

#8E91C8 #C88E91 #91C88E

tetradic

#8E91C8 #C88EAE #C8C58E #8EC8A8

square

#8E91C8 #C88EAE #C8C58E #8EC8A8

split-complementary

#8E91C8 #C8A88E #AEC88E

monochromatic

#484C94 #6569B4 #8E91C8 #B7B9DC #E0E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8E91C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#8E91C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E91C8

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E91C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E91C8	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F93C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e91c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.081 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b1d9',
    500: '#8e91c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e91c8;
$custom-light: #b0b1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e91c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.897,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67495,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E91C8

secondary

#E2E1D0

accent

#A738AD

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F5FA

border

#CFCFD3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E91C8

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

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