#8A99E4#8A99E4

#8A99E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99E4
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(230, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(230, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 13.09, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 41.77, 288.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0088 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.111 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8719, 33.7856, 78.0149)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99E4 #E4D58A

analogous

#8AC6E4 #8A99E4 #A88AE4

triadic

#8A99E4 #E48A99 #99E48A

tetradic

#8A99E4 #E48AC6 #E4D58A #8AE4A8

square

#8A99E4 #E48AC6 #E4D58A #8AE4A8

split-complementary

#8A99E4 #E4A88A #C6E48A

monochromatic

#2E47C6 #586ED9 #8A99E4 #BCC4EF #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8A99E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#8A99E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99E4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99E4	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ed',
    500: '#8a99e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99e4;
$custom-light: #afb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99E4

secondary

#F0EDD9

accent

#AD1BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99E4

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

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