#8E95C8#8E95C8

#8E95C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.076 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E95C8
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(233, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 9.11, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 28.58, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0107 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.076 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3253, 31.4149, 58.9929)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E95C8 #C8C18E

analogous

#8EB2C8 #8E95C8 #A48EC8

triadic

#8E95C8 #C88E95 #95C88E

tetradic

#8E95C8 #C88EB2 #C8C18E #8EC8A4

square

#8E95C8 #C88EB2 #C8C18E #8EC8A4

split-complementary

#8E95C8 #C8A48E #B2C88E

monochromatic

#485194 #656EB4 #8E95C8 #B7BCDC #E0E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8E95C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8E95C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E95C8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E95C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E95C8	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e95c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.076 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4d9',
    500: '#8e95c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e95c8;
$custom-light: #b0b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e95c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.759,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68313,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E95C8

secondary

#E2E0D0

accent

#9F38AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E95C8

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

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