#8E99E9#8E99E9

#8E99E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E99E9
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(233, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(233, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 15.51, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 44.42, 290.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0143 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.118 277)
XYZ	xyz(37.2502, 34.4149, 81.7550)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E99E9 #E9DE8E

analogous

#8EC6E9 #8E99E9 #B08EE9

triadic

#8E99E9 #E98E99 #99E98E

tetradic

#8E99E9 #E98EC6 #E9DE8E #8EE9B0

square

#8E99E9 #E98EC6 #E9DE8E #8EE9B0

split-complementary

#8E99E9 #E9B08E #C6E98E

monochromatic

#293ED3 #5B6BDF #8E99E9 #C1C7F3 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8E99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#8E99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E99E9

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E99E9	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b6f0',
    500: '#8e99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e99e9;
$custom-light: #b2b6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.747,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.34416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E99E9

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#B916CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E99E9

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

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