#8A99E5#8A99E5

#8A99E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99E5
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(230, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(230, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 13.37, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 42.32, 288.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0091 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.113 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0111, 33.8413, 78.7481)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99E5 #E5D68A

analogous

#8AC7E5 #8A99E5 #A98AE5

triadic

#8A99E5 #E58A99 #99E58A

tetradic

#8A99E5 #E58AC7 #E5D68A #8AE5A9

square

#8A99E5 #E58AC7 #E5D68A #8AE5A9

split-complementary

#8A99E5 #E5A98A #C7E58A

monochromatic

#2C46C8 #586DDA #8A99E5 #BCC5F0 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A99E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8A99E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99E5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99E5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ed',
    500: '#8a99e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99e5;
$custom-light: #afb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.11,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99E5

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AE1ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99E5

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

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