#8A9AC8#8A9AC8

#8A9AC8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.070 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AC8
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 200)
HSL	hsl(225, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(225, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 5.08, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 26.00, 281.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0005 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.07 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4592, 32.6835, 59.2307)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AC8 #C8B88A

analogous

#8AB9C8 #8A9AC8 #998AC8

triadic

#8A9AC8 #C88A9A #9AC88A

tetradic

#8A9AC8 #C88AB9 #C8B88A #8AC899

square

#8A9AC8 #C88AB9 #C8B88A #8AC899

split-complementary

#8A9AC8 #C8998A #B9C88A

monochromatic

#455993 #6076B4 #8A9AC8 #B4BEDC #DDE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A9AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#8A9AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AC8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AC8	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.070 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7d8',
    500: '#8a9ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ac8;
$custom-light: #adb7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.0704,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AC8

secondary

#E1DCCD

accent

#9037AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AC8

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

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