#8E9DE3#8E9DE3

#8E9DE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9DE3
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 11.59, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 38.88, 287.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0076 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.104 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0733, 35.4092, 77.5394)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9DE3 #E3D48E

analogous

#8EC7E3 #8E9DE3 #AA8EE3

triadic

#8E9DE3 #E38E9D #9DE38E

tetradic

#8E9DE3 #E38EC7 #E3D48E #8EE3AA

square

#8E9DE3 #E38EC7 #E3D48E #8EE3AA

split-complementary

#8E9DE3 #E3AA8E #C7E38E

monochromatic

#314BC6 #5D72D7 #8E9DE3 #BFC8EF #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8E9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8E9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9DE3

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9DE3	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75ABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b9ec',
    500: '#8e9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9de3;
$custom-light: #b2b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71166,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9DE3

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#AA1EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9DE3

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

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