#8E95BB#8E95BB

#8E95BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.057 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E95BB
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 187)
HSL	hsl(231, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 5.91, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 21.37, 286.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0065 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.057 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8701, 30.8328, 51.3290)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E95BB #BBB48E

analogous

#8EACBB #8E95BB #9E8EBB

triadic

#8E95BB #BB8E95 #95BB8E

tetradic

#8E95BB #BB8EAC #BBB48E #8EBB9E

square

#8E95BB #BB8EAC #BBB48E #8EBB9E

split-complementary

#8E95BB #BB9E8E #ACBB8E

monochromatic

#4E5681 #6871A4 #8E95BB #B4B9D2 #DADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8E95BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8E95BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E95BB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E95BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E95BB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e95bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.057 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4cf',
    500: '#8e95bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e95bb;
$custom-light: #afb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e95bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6777,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E95BB

secondary

#DAD8CB

accent

#9442A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E95BB

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

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