#8A99CA#8A99CA

#8A99CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.074 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CA
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(226, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 6.16, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 27.61, 282.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0015 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.074 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5301, 32.4489, 60.4149)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CA #CABB8A

analogous

#8AB9CA #8A99CA #9B8ACA

triadic

#8A99CA #CA8A99 #99CA8A

tetradic

#8A99CA #CA8AB9 #CABB8A #8ACA9B

square

#8A99CA #CA8AB9 #CABB8A #8ACA9B

split-complementary

#8A99CA #CA9B8A #B9CA8A

monochromatic

#445796 #6074B7 #8A99CA #B4BEDD #DEE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A99CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#8A99CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CA

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CA	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.074 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6da',
    500: '#8a99ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ca;
$custom-light: #adb6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.938,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68932,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CA

secondary

#E2DDCE

accent

#9435B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CA

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

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