#8E94DE#8E94DE

#8E94DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E94DE
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 222)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 33.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, 15.41, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 41.31, 291.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0181 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.109 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9263, 32.2032, 73.4687)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E94DE #DED88E

analogous

#8EBCDE #8E94DE #B08EDE

triadic

#8E94DE #DE8E94 #94DE8E

tetradic

#8E94DE #DE8EBC #DED88E #8EDEB0

square

#8E94DE #DE8EBC #DED88E #8EDEB0

split-complementary

#8E94DE #DEB08E #BCDE8E

monochromatic

#3741BB #5F67D0 #8E94DE #BDC1EC #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8E94DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#8E94DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E94DE

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E94DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E94DE	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e94de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b3e8',
    500: '#8e94de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e94de;
$custom-light: #b1b3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e94de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E94DE

secondary

#EEEDDA

accent

#B623C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E94DE

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

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