#8A99EE#8A99EE

#8A99EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99EE
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(231, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 15.87, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 47.21, 289.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0112 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.125 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3004, 34.3570, 85.5385)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99EE #EEDF8A

analogous

#8ACBEE #8A99EE #AD8AEE

triadic

#8A99EE #EE8A99 #99EE8A

tetradic

#8A99EE #EE8ACB #EEDF8A #8AEEAD

square

#8A99EE #EE8ACB #EEDF8A #8AEEAD

split-complementary

#8A99EE #EEAD8A #CBEE8A

monochromatic

#203DDD #556AE6 #8A99EE #BFC8F6 #E4E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8A99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99EE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99EE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69AAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6f4',
    500: '#8a99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ee;
$custom-light: #b0b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99EE

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#B90FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99EE

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

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