#8E99BF#8E99BF

#8E99BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.057 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E99BF
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(227, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 4.61, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 21.43, 282.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0022 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.057 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9480, 32.2940, 53.8302)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E99BF #BFB48E

analogous

#8EB1BF #8E99BF #9B8EBF

triadic

#8E99BF #BF8E99 #99BF8E

tetradic

#8E99BF #BF8EB1 #BFB48E #8EBF9B

square

#8E99BF #BF8EB1 #BFB48E #8EBF9B

split-complementary

#8E99BF #BF9B8E #B1BF8E

monochromatic

#4C5986 #6776A9 #8E99BF #B5BCD5 #DCE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8E99BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8E99BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E99BF

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E99BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E99BF	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e99bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.057 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b7d2',
    500: '#8e99bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e99bf;
$custom-light: #b0b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e99bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68769,
    "c": 0.05747,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E99BF

secondary

#DDD9CC

accent

#8F3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F6F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E99BF

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

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