#8E95CD#8E95CD

#8E95CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.083 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E95CD
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(233, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 10.38, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 31.35, 289.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0122 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.083 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9192, 31.6525, 62.1209)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E95CD #CDC68E

analogous

#8EB4CD #8E95CD #A68ECD

triadic

#8E95CD #CD8E95 #95CD8E

tetradic

#8E95CD #CD8EB4 #CDC68E #8ECDA6

square

#8E95CD #CD8EB4 #CDC68E #8ECDA6

split-complementary

#8E95CD #CDA68E #B4CD8E

monochromatic

#454F9C #646DBA #8E95CD #B8BDE0 #E3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8E95CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#8E95CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E95CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E95CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E95CD	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e95cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.083 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4dc',
    500: '#8e95cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e95cd;
$custom-light: #b0b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e95cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68532,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E95CD

secondary

#E5E3D2

accent

#A434B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E95CD

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

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