#8A99CD#8A99CD

#8A99CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.079 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CD
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 6.93, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 29.24, 283.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0025 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.079 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8888, 32.5923, 62.3038)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CD #CDBE8A

analogous

#8ABBCD #8A99CD #9D8ACD

triadic

#8A99CD #CD8A99 #99CD8A

tetradic

#8A99CD #CD8ABB #CDBE8A #8ACD9D

square

#8A99CD #CD8ABB #CDBE8A #8ACD9D

split-complementary

#8A99CD #CD9D8A #BBCD8A

monochromatic

#42569B #5F74BB #8A99CD #B5BEDF #E0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8A99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.079 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6dc',
    500: '#8a99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99cd;
$custom-light: #aeb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.567,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CD

secondary

#E4DFCF

accent

#9632B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CD

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

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