#8A99DC#8A99DC

#8A99DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99DC
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(229, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 10.91, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 37.41, 286.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0068 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.1 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7869, 33.3516, 72.3008)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99DC #DCCD8A

analogous

#8AC2DC #8A99DC #A48ADC

triadic

#8A99DC #DC8A99 #99DC8A

tetradic

#8A99DC #DC8AC2 #DCCD8A #8ADCA4

square

#8A99DC #DC8AC2 #DCCD8A #8ADCA4

split-complementary

#8A99DC #DCA48A #C2DC8A

monochromatic

#364EB5 #5B70CE #8A99DC #B9C2EA #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#8A99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99DC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99DC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e7',
    500: '#8a99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99dc;
$custom-light: #afb6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.024,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99DC

secondary

#ECE8D6

accent

#A524C1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99DC

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

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