#8A9ADE#8A9ADE

#8A9ADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9ADE
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 10.88, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 37.94, 286.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.006 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.102 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2177, 33.7869, 73.7590)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9ADE #DECE8A

analogous

#8AC4DE #8A9ADE #A48ADE

triadic

#8A9ADE #DE8A9A #9ADE8A

tetradic

#8A9ADE #DE8AC4 #DECE8A #8ADEA4

square

#8A9ADE #DE8AC4 #DECE8A #8ADEA4

split-complementary

#8A9ADE #DEA48A #C4DE8A

monochromatic

#344EB9 #5A71D1 #8A9ADE #BAC3EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8A9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#8A9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9ADE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9ADE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7e8',
    500: '#8a9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ade;
$custom-light: #afb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9ADE

secondary

#EDE9D6

accent

#A522C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9ADE

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

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