#8A99DF#8A99DF

#8A99DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99DF
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 11.72, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 39.05, 287.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0076 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.104 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1878, 33.5119, 74.4121)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99DF #DFD08A

analogous

#8AC3DF #8A99DF #A58ADF

triadic

#8A99DF #DF8A99 #99DF8A

tetradic

#8A99DF #DF8AC3 #DFD08A #8ADFA5

square

#8A99DF #DF8AC3 #DFD08A #8ADFA5

split-complementary

#8A99DF #DFA58A #C3DF8A

monochromatic

#334BBB #5A6FD2 #8A99DF #BAC3EC #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A99DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8A99DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99DF

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99DF	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e9',
    500: '#8a99df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99df;
$custom-light: #afb6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 57.047,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99DF

secondary

#EEEAD7

accent

#A821C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99DF

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

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