#8A99DD#8A99DD

#8A99DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99DD
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(229, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 11.18, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 37.96, 287.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.007 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.101 274)
XYZ	xyz(34.9198, 33.4047, 73.0004)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99DD #DDCE8A

analogous

#8AC2DD #8A99DD #A58ADD

triadic

#8A99DD #DD8A99 #99DD8A

tetradic

#8A99DD #DD8AC2 #DDCE8A #8ADDA5

square

#8A99DD #DD8AC2 #DDCE8A #8ADDA5

split-complementary

#8A99DD #DDA58A #C2DD8A

monochromatic

#354DB7 #5B70CF #8A99DD #B9C2EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8A99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99DD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99DD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e8',
    500: '#8a99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99dd;
$custom-light: #afb6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.157,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.33406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99DD

secondary

#EDE9D6

accent

#A623C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99DD

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

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