#8A99CB#8A99CB

#8A99CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.076 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CB
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(226, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 6.42, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 28.15, 283.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0018 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.076 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6489, 32.4964, 61.0405)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CB #CBBC8A

analogous

#8ABACB #8A99CB #9C8ACB

triadic

#8A99CB #CB8A99 #99CB8A

tetradic

#8A99CB #CB8ABA #CBBC8A #8ACB9C

square

#8A99CB #CB8ABA #CBBC8A #8ACB9C

split-complementary

#8A99CB #CB9C8A #BACB8A

monochromatic

#435797 #6074B8 #8A99CB #B4BEDE #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A99CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8A99CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.076 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6db',
    500: '#8a99cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99cb;
$custom-light: #adb6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68975,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CB

secondary

#E3DECE

accent

#9434B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CB

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

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