#8A99C6#8A99C6

#8A99C6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.069 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99C6
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 198)
HSL	hsl(225, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(225, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 5.14, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 25.44, 281.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0003 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.069 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0627, 32.2619, 57.9530)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99C6 #C6B78A

analogous

#8AB7C6 #8A99C6 #998AC6

triadic

#8A99C6 #C68A99 #99C68A

tetradic

#8A99C6 #C68AB7 #C6B78A #8AC699

square

#8A99C6 #C68AB7 #C6B78A #8AC699

split-complementary

#8A99C6 #C6998A #B7C68A

monochromatic

#465890 #6175B2 #8A99C6 #B3BDDA #DCE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A99C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#8A99C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99C6

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99C6	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.069 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6d7',
    500: '#8a99c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99c6;
$custom-light: #adb6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.06873,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99C6

secondary

#E0DBCC

accent

#9038AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99C6

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

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