#8A99CF#8A99CF

#8A99CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.082 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99CF
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 207)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 7.45, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 30.33, 284.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0031 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.082 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1317, 32.6895, 63.5834)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99CF #CFC08A

analogous

#8ABBCF #8A99CF #9E8ACF

triadic

#8A99CF #CF8A99 #99CF8A

tetradic

#8A99CF #CF8ABB #CFC08A #8ACF9E

square

#8A99CF #CF8ABB #CFC08A #8ACF9E

split-complementary

#8A99CF #CF9E8A #BBCF8A

monochromatic

#41559E #5F73BD #8A99CF #B5BFE1 #E1E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A99CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#8A99CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99CF

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99CF	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.082 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6de',
    500: '#8a99cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99cf;
$custom-light: #aeb6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99CF

secondary

#E5E0D0

accent

#9831B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99CF

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

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