#8A99E8#8A99E8

#8A99E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99E8
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(230, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 14.20, -41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 43.95, 288.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0098 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.117 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4336, 34.0102, 80.9732)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99E8 #E8D98A

analogous

#8AC8E8 #8A99E8 #AA8AE8

triadic

#8A99E8 #E88A99 #99E88A

tetradic

#8A99E8 #E88AC8 #E8D98A #8AE8AA

square

#8A99E8 #E88AC8 #E8D98A #8AE8AA

split-complementary

#8A99E8 #E8AA8A #C8E88A

monochromatic

#2943CF #576CDE #8A99E8 #BDC6F2 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A99E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#8A99E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99E8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99E8	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CA9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ef',
    500: '#8a99e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99e8;
$custom-light: #afb6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.426,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99E8

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B216CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99E8

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

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