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Light Purplish Blue #8991CB

#8991CBoklch(0.6725 0.0863 277.8)

Light Purplish Blue (#8991CB) is a light muted blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 67.2%, chroma 0.086 and hue 277.8°; its relative luminance is 29.9%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 62, WCAG 3.01:1). The closest RAL Classic paint is RAL 5014 Pigeon blue (ΔE00 10.9). In plain ISCC-NBS terms it is a light purplish blue. It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 1.2).

#8991CB in every format

HEX#8991CB
RGBrgb(137 145 203)
HSLhsl(232.7 38.8% 66.7%)
HSB / HSVhsb(232.7 32.5% 79.6%)
HWBhwb(232.7 53.7% 20.4%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(33/29/0/20)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(52/43/0/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(61.21 7.35 -31.18)
LChlch(61.21 32.04 283.3)
OKLaboklab(0.6725 0.0117 -0.0856)
OKLCHoklch(0.6725 0.0863 277.8)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.31220 0.29881 0.60625)
CIE xyYxyY(0.2565 0.2455 0.2988)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.5430 0.5676 0.7788)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.25016 0.28315 0.59720)
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Text on #8991CB

White textWCAG 3.01:1 · APCA Lc 62
Black textWCAG 6.98:1 · APCA Lc 47

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held

Harmonies

hue rotations on the RGB wheel

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