#8E9FE1#8E9FE1

#8E9FE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.099 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9FE1
RGB	rgb(142, 159, 225)
HSL	hsl(228, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 9.91, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 36.69, 285.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0045 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.099 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1401, 35.9817, 76.2078)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9FE1 #E1D08E

analogous

#8EC9E1 #8E9FE1 #A78EE1

triadic

#8E9FE1 #E18E9F #9FE18E

tetradic

#8E9FE1 #E18EC9 #E1D08E #8EE1A7

square

#8E9FE1 #E18EC9 #E1D08E #8EE1A7

split-complementary

#8E9FE1 #E1A78E #C9E18E

monochromatic

#3350C1 #5E76D4 #8E9FE1 #BEC8EE #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8E9FE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8E9FE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9FE1

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9FE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9FE1	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75ACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9fe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 159, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.099 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bbea',
    500: '#8e9fe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9fe1;
$custom-light: #b1bbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9fe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.711,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9FE1

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A420C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9FE1

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

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