#8A99EF#8A99EF

#8A99EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99EF
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(231, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(231, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 16.16, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 47.76, 289.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0114 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.127 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4477, 34.4159, 86.3144)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99EF #EFE08A

analogous

#8ACCEF #8A99EF #AE8AEF

triadic

#8A99EF #EF8A99 #99EF8A

tetradic

#8A99EF #EF8ACC #EFE08A #8AEFAE

square

#8A99EF #EF8ACC #EFE08A #8AEFAE

split-complementary

#8A99EF #EFAE8A #CCEF8A

monochromatic

#1F3BE0 #546AE8 #8A99EF #C0C8F6 #E4E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8A99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#8A99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99EF

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99EF	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739BED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6f4',
    500: '#8a99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ef;
$custom-light: #b0b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.089,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99EF

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BA0DD8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99EF

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

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