#8A99CE#8A99CE

#8A99CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.080 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CE
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 7.19, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 29.78, 283.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0028 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.08 272)
XYZ	xyz(33.0099, 32.6408, 62.9416)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CE #CEBF8A

analogous

#8ABBCE #8A99CE #9D8ACE

triadic

#8A99CE #CE8A99 #99CE8A

tetradic

#8A99CE #CE8ABB #CEBF8A #8ACE9D

square

#8A99CE #CE8ABB #CEBF8A #8ACE9D

split-complementary

#8A99CE #CE9D8A #BBCE8A

monochromatic

#41559C #5F73BC #8A99CE #B5BFE0 #E0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#8A99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.080 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6dd',
    500: '#8a99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ce;
$custom-light: #aeb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.765,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69106,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.32642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CE

secondary

#E5E0CF

accent

#9731B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CE

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

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