#8F8EA9#8F8EA9

#8F8EA9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.040 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8EA9
RGB	rgb(143, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(242, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 6.03, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 15.28, 293.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0116 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.04 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1605, 28.0499, 41.4590)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8EA9 #A8A98E

analogous

#8E9AA9 #8F8EA9 #9C8EA9

triadic

#8F8EA9 #A98F8E #8EA98F

tetradic

#8F8EA9 #A98E9A #A8A98E #8EA99C

square

#8F8EA9 #A98E9A #A8A98E #8EA99C

split-complementary

#8F8EA9 #A99C8E #9AA98E

monochromatic

#52526B #6D6C8E #8F8EA9 #B1B1C3 #D4D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8F8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8F8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8EA9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8EA9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.040 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0afc2',
    500: '#8f8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8ea9;
$custom-light: #b0afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.03983,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8EA9

secondary

#CECEC4

accent

#984E95

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8EA9

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

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