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#8e9ecd color: Velvet Robe

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225°
100%

OKLCH

70.4%
0.071
270°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.65:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.92:1 · AALc 52

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About #8e9ecd

#8e9ecd is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 70.4% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 270°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.65:1 contrast and black text 7.92:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Velvet Robe (#939dcc). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #8e9ecd mixed with white

  1. 8e9ecd
  2. 99a7d2
  3. a4b1d7
  4. afbbdd
  5. bac4e2
  6. c5cee7
  7. d0d8ec
  8. dce1f1
  9. e7ebf5
  10. f3f5fa

Darker: #8e9ecd mixed with black

  1. 8e9ecd
  2. 7b89b2
  3. 687498
  4. 56607e
  5. 444d66
  6. 343a4e
  7. 242938
  8. 151823
  9. 07090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8e9ecd with less saturation

  1. 8e9ecd
  2. 909ec9
  3. 919fc4
  4. 939fc0
  5. 959fbb
  6. 979fb7
  7. 989fb2
  8. 9a9fad
  9. 9c9fa9
  10. 9e9fa4