#8A99DB#8A99DB

#8A99DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99DB
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(229, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 10.64, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 36.87, 286.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0065 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.099 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6549, 33.2988, 71.6054)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99DB #DBCC8A

analogous

#8AC1DB #8A99DB #A48ADB

triadic

#8A99DB #DB8A99 #99DB8A

tetradic

#8A99DB #DB8AC1 #DBCC8A #8ADBA4

square

#8A99DB #DB8AC1 #DBCC8A #8ADBA4

split-complementary

#8A99DB #DBA48A #C1DB8A

monochromatic

#374EB3 #5B70CD #8A99DB #B9C2E9 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8A99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99DB

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99DB	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e6',
    500: '#8a99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99db;
$custom-light: #afb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99DB

secondary

#ECE8D5

accent

#A425C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99DB

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

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