#8A9AE2#8A9AE2

#8A9AE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AE2
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 11.97, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 40.12, 287.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.007 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.107 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7602, 34.0039, 76.6159)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AE2 #E2D28A

analogous

#8AC6E2 #8A9AE2 #A68AE2

triadic

#8A9AE2 #E28A9A #9AE28A

tetradic

#8A9AE2 #E28AC6 #E2D28A #8AE2A6

square

#8A9AE2 #E28AC6 #E2D28A #8AE2A6

split-complementary

#8A9AE2 #E2A68A #C6E28A

monochromatic

#304AC2 #5970D6 #8A9AE2 #BBC4EE #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#8A9AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AE2

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AE2	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7eb',
    500: '#8a9ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ae2;
$custom-light: #afb7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AE2

secondary

#EFEBD8

accent

#A91EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AE2

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