#8A99D6#8A99D6

#8A99D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.092 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99D6
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 214)
HSL	hsl(228, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(228, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 9.30, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 34.14, 285.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0051 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.092 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0065, 33.0394, 68.1907)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99D6 #D6C78A

analogous

#8ABFD6 #8A99D6 #A18AD6

triadic

#8A99D6 #D68A99 #99D68A

tetradic

#8A99D6 #D68ABF #D6C78A #8AD6A1

square

#8A99D6 #D68ABF #D6C78A #8AD6A1

split-complementary

#8A99D6 #D6A18A #BFD68A

monochromatic

#3C51AA #5D71C6 #8A99D6 #B7C1E6 #E5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8A99D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#8A99D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99D6

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99D6	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.092 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6e3',
    500: '#8a99d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99d6;
$custom-light: #aeb6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.158,
    "s": 48.101,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99D6

secondary

#E9E5D3

accent

#9F2ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99D6

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

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