#8A9AE4#8A9AE4

#8A9AE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AE4
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 12.52, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 41.21, 287.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0076 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.11 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0362, 34.1143, 78.0697)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AE4 #E4D48A

analogous

#8AC7E4 #8A9AE4 #A78AE4

triadic

#8A9AE4 #E48A9A #9AE48A

tetradic

#8A9AE4 #E48AC7 #E4D48A #8AE4A7

square

#8A9AE4 #E48AC7 #E4D48A #8AE4A7

split-complementary

#8A9AE4 #E4A78A #C7E48A

monochromatic

#2E49C6 #586FD9 #8A9AE4 #BCC5EF #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#8A9AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AE4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AE4	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7ed',
    500: '#8a9ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ae4;
$custom-light: #afb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70327,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AE4

secondary

#F0ECD9

accent

#AB1BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AE4

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

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