#8E95BF#8E95BF

#8E95BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.063 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E95BF
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 191)
HSL	hsl(231, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 6.88, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 23.59, 286.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0079 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.063 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3043, 31.0065, 53.6156)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E95BF #BFB88E

analogous

#8EADBF #8E95BF #9F8EBF

triadic

#8E95BF #BF8E95 #95BF8E

tetradic

#8E95BF #BF8EAD #BFB88E #8EBF9F

square

#8E95BF #BF8EAD #BFB88E #8EBF9F

split-complementary

#8E95BF #BF9F8E #ADBF8E

monochromatic

#4C5486 #6770A9 #8E95BF #B5BAD5 #DCDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8E95BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#8E95BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E95BF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E95BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E95BF	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e95bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.063 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4d2',
    500: '#8e95bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e95bf;
$custom-light: #b0b4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e95bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E95BF

secondary

#DDDACC

accent

#983FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F6F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E95BF

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

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