Periwinkle Blue#8F99FB

#8F99FB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.142 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Periwinkle Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#8F99FB
RGB	rgb(143, 153, 251)
HSL	hsl(234, 93%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 39%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 20.77, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 54.19, 292.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0192 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.142 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1263, 35.5852, 96.0024)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F99FB #FBF18F

analogous

#8FCFFB #8F99FB #BB8FFB

triadic

#8F99FB #FB8F99 #99FB8F

tetradic

#8F99FB #FB8FCF #FBF18F #8FFBBB

square

#8F99FB #FB8FCF #FBF18F #8FFBBB

split-complementary

#8F99FB #FBBB8F #CFFB8F

monochromatic

#192DF7 #5463F9 #8F99FB #CACFFD #E1E4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8F99FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8F99FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8F99FB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F99FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F99FB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E9DF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BADBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f99fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 153, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.142 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b6fd',
    500: '#8f99fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f99fb;
$custom-light: #b4b6fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f99fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.444,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F99FB

secondary

#F6F3D5

accent

#D000E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F99FB

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

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