#8A9AE0#8A9AE0

#8A9AE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AE0
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 224)
HSL	hsl(229, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 31.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 11.42, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 39.03, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0065 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.104 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4874, 33.8947, 75.1791)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AE0 #E0D08A

analogous

#8AC5E0 #8A9AE0 #A58AE0

triadic

#8A9AE0 #E08A9A #9AE08A

tetradic

#8A9AE0 #E08AC5 #E0D08A #8AE0A5

square

#8A9AE0 #E08AC5 #E0D08A #8AE0A5

split-complementary

#8A9AE0 #E0A58A #C5E08A

monochromatic

#324CBD #5A70D3 #8A9AE0 #BAC4ED #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A9AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AE0

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AE0	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7ea',
    500: '#8a9ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ae0;
$custom-light: #afb7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AE0

secondary

#EEEAD7

accent

#A720C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AE0

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

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