#8A99DA#8A99DA

#8A99DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.097 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99DA
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 218)
HSL	hsl(229, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 10.37, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 36.32, 286.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0062 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.097 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5236, 33.2463, 70.9142)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99DA #DACB8A

analogous

#8AC1DA #8A99DA #A38ADA

triadic

#8A99DA #DA8A99 #99DA8A

tetradic

#8A99DA #DA8AC1 #DACB8A #8ADAA3

square

#8A99DA #DA8AC1 #DACB8A #8ADAA3

split-complementary

#8A99DA #DAA38A #C1DA8A

monochromatic

#384FB1 #5C70CB #8A99DA #B8C2E9 #E7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8A99DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8A99DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99DA

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99DA	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.097 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6e5',
    500: '#8a99da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99da;
$custom-light: #aeb6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69649,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99DA

secondary

#EBE7D5

accent

#A326BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99DA

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

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