#8A99CC#8A99CC

#8A99CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.077 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CC
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(226, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 6.67, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 28.69, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0022 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.077 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7684, 32.5442, 61.6702)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CC #CCBD8A

analogous

#8ABACC #8A99CC #9C8ACC

triadic

#8A99CC #CC8A99 #99CC8A

tetradic

#8A99CC #CC8ABA #CCBD8A #8ACC9C

square

#8A99CC #CC8ABA #CCBD8A #8ACC9C

split-complementary

#8A99CC #CC9C8A #BACC8A

monochromatic

#435699 #5F74B9 #8A99CC #B5BEDF #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8A99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.077 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6db',
    500: '#8a99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99cc;
$custom-light: #aeb6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69018,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CC

secondary

#E3DFCE

accent

#9533B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CC

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

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