#8E9ECB#8E9ECB

#8E9ECB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.069 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9ECB
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(224, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(224, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 4.76, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 25.35, 280.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0007 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.069 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1587, 34.5151, 61.3507)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9ECB #CBBB8E

analogous

#8EBDCB #8E9ECB #9C8ECB

triadic

#8E9ECB #CB8E9E #9ECB8E

tetradic

#8E9ECB #CB8EBD #CBBB8E #8ECB9C

square

#8E9ECB #CB8EBD #CBBB8E #8ECB9C

split-complementary

#8E9ECB #CB9C8E #BDCB8E

monochromatic

#465C98 #647AB8 #8E9ECB #B8C2DE #E2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8E9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8E9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9ECB

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9ECB	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.069 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0badb',
    500: '#8e9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9ecb;
$custom-light: #b0badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.262,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9ECB

secondary

#E4DFD1

accent

#9036B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9ECB

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

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