#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
RGBrgb(138, 153, 214)
HSLhsl(228, 48%, 69%)
HSVhsv(228, 36%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(35.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(64.19, 9.30, -32.85)
CIE-LCHlch(64.19, 34.14, 285.81°)
OKLaboklab(69.46% 0.0051 -0.0914)
OKLCHoklch(69.46% 0.092 273.2)
XYZxyz(34.0065, 33.0394, 68.1907)
Luminance0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8A99D61.002.767.617.61
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6121.001.001.00
##0000007.6121.001.001.00

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

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#8A99D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva