#8A99C4#8A99C4

#8A99C4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.066 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99C4
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 196)
HSL	hsl(224, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(224, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 4.63, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 24.35, 280.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0004 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.066 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8335, 32.1702, 56.7461)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99C4 #C4B58A

analogous

#8AB6C4 #8A99C4 #988AC4

triadic

#8A99C4 #C48A99 #99C48A

tetradic

#8A99C4 #C48AB6 #C4B58A #8AC498

square

#8A99C4 #C48AB6 #C4B58A #8AC498

split-complementary

#8A99C4 #C4988A #B6C48A

monochromatic

#47598D #6176AF #8A99C4 #B3BCD9 #DBE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A99C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8A99C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99C4

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99C4	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.066 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6d6',
    500: '#8a99c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99c4;
$custom-light: #adb6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.483,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99C4

secondary

#DFDACB

accent

#8E3AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99C4

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

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