#8A99E0#8A99E0

#8A99E0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.106 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99E0
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 224)
HSL	hsl(230, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 12.00, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 39.59, 287.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0078 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.106 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3230, 33.5660, 75.1243)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99E0 #E0D18A

analogous

#8AC4E0 #8A99E0 #A68AE0

triadic

#8A99E0 #E08A99 #99E08A

tetradic

#8A99E0 #E08AC4 #E0D18A #8AE0A6

square

#8A99E0 #E08AC4 #E0D18A #8AE0A6

split-complementary

#8A99E0 #E0A68A #C4E08A

monochromatic

#324ABD #5A6FD3 #8A99E0 #BAC3ED #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A99E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#8A99E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99E0

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99E0	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.106 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ea',
    500: '#8a99e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99e0;
$custom-light: #afb6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.535,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99E0

secondary

#EEEAD7

accent

#A920C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99E0

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

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