#8A99C7#8A99C7

#8A99C7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.070 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99C7
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 199)
HSL	hsl(225, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(225, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 5.39, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 25.98, 281.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0006 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.07 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1784, 32.3082, 58.5624)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99C7 #C7B88A

analogous

#8AB7C7 #8A99C7 #998AC7

triadic

#8A99C7 #C78A99 #99C78A

tetradic

#8A99C7 #C78AB7 #C7B88A #8AC799

square

#8A99C7 #C78AB7 #C7B88A #8AC799

split-complementary

#8A99C7 #C7998A #B7C78A

monochromatic

#455891 #6175B3 #8A99C7 #B3BDDB #DDE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A99C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8A99C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99C7

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99C7	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.070 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6d8',
    500: '#8a99c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99c7;
$custom-light: #adb6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.246,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99C7

secondary

#E0DBCC

accent

#9137AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99C7

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

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