#8A91C9#8A91C9

#8A91C9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.083 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91C9
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 201)
HSL	hsl(233, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(233, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 10.48, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 31.50, 289.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0122 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.083 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1464, 29.8702, 59.3715)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91C9 #C9C28A

analogous

#8AB1C9 #8A91C9 #A38AC9

triadic

#8A91C9 #C98A91 #91C98A

tetradic

#8A91C9 #C98AB1 #C9C28A #8AC9A3

square

#8A91C9 #C98AB1 #C9C28A #8AC9A3

split-complementary

#8A91C9 #C9A38A #B1C98A

monochromatic

#444D94 #606AB6 #8A91C9 #B4B8DC #DEE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8A91C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8A91C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91C9

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91C9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A9BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.083 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb1d9',
    500: '#8a91c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91c9;
$custom-light: #adb1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67232,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91C9

secondary

#E2DFCD

accent

#A236B0

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91C9

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

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