#8E99BC#8E99BC

#8E99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.053 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E99BC
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(226, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 3.88, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 19.79, 281.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0012 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.053 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6213, 32.1633, 52.1093)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E99BC #BCB18E

analogous

#8EB0BC #8E99BC #9A8EBC

triadic

#8E99BC #BC8E99 #99BC8E

tetradic

#8E99BC #BC8EB0 #BCB18E #8EBC9A

square

#8E99BC #BC8EB0 #BCB18E #8EBC9A

split-complementary

#8E99BC #BC9A8E #B0BC8E

monochromatic

#4D5A82 #6876A5 #8E99BC #B4BCD3 #DBDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8E99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8E99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E99BC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E99BC	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.053 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7d0',
    500: '#8e99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e99bc;
$custom-light: #afb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E99BC

secondary

#DBD7CB

accent

#8C41A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E99BC

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

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