#8A99EC#8A99EC

#8A99EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99EC
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(231, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 15.31, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 46.13, 289.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0107 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.123 275)
XYZ	xyz(37.0082, 34.2401, 83.9996)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99EC #ECDD8A

analogous

#8ACAEC #8A99EC #AC8AEC

triadic

#8A99EC #EC8A99 #99EC8A

tetradic

#8A99EC #EC8ACA #ECDD8A #8AECAC

square

#8A99EC #EC8ACA #ECDD8A #8AECAC

split-complementary

#8A99EC #ECAC8A #CAEC8A

monochromatic

#233FD8 #556BE3 #8A99EC #BFC7F5 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A99EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8A99EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99EC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99EC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AAAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6f2',
    500: '#8a99ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ec;
$custom-light: #b0b6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.816,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.34242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99EC

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B611D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99EC

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

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