#8A99E1#8A99E1

#8A99E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99E1
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 225)
HSL	hsl(230, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 32%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 12.27, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 40.14, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0081 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.107 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4590, 33.6204, 75.8406)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99E1 #E1D28A

analogous

#8AC4E1 #8A99E1 #A68AE1

triadic

#8A99E1 #E18A99 #99E18A

tetradic

#8A99E1 #E18AC4 #E1D28A #8AE1A6

square

#8A99E1 #E18AC4 #E1D28A #8AE1A6

split-complementary

#8A99E1 #E1A68A #C4E18A

monochromatic

#314ABF #596FD5 #8A99E1 #BBC3ED #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A99E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#8A99E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99E1

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99E1	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ea',
    500: '#8a99e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99e1;
$custom-light: #afb6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6998,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99E1

secondary

#EFEBD8

accent

#AA1FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99E1

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

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