#8E95BC#8E95BC

#8E95BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.058 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E95BC
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 188)
HSL	hsl(231, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 6.15, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 21.93, 286.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0069 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.058 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9775, 30.8758, 51.8947)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E95BC #BCB58E

analogous

#8EACBC #8E95BC #9E8EBC

triadic

#8E95BC #BC8E95 #95BC8E

tetradic

#8E95BC #BC8EAC #BCB58E #8EBC9E

square

#8E95BC #BC8EAC #BCB58E #8EBC9E

split-complementary

#8E95BC #BC9E8E #ACBC8E

monochromatic

#4D5582 #6871A5 #8E95BC #B4B9D3 #DBDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8E95BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#8E95BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E95BC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E95BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E95BC	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e95bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.058 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4d0',
    500: '#8e95bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e95bc;
$custom-light: #afb4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e95bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6781,
    "c": 0.05815,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E95BC

secondary

#DBD8CB

accent

#9541A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E95BC

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

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