#8A9AE5#8A9AE5

#8A9AE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AE5
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 229)
HSL	hsl(229, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 12.79, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 41.75, 287.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0078 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.112 274)
XYZ	xyz(36.1755, 34.1700, 78.8029)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AE5 #E5D58A

analogous

#8AC7E5 #8A9AE5 #A88AE5

triadic

#8A9AE5 #E58A9A #9AE58A

tetradic

#8A9AE5 #E58AC7 #E5D58A #8AE5A8

square

#8A9AE5 #E58AC7 #E5D58A #8AE5A8

split-complementary

#8A9AE5 #E5A88A #C7E58A

monochromatic

#2C48C8 #586FDA #8A9AE5 #BCC5F0 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#8A9AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AE5

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AE5	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DA9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7ed',
    500: '#8a9ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ae5;
$custom-light: #afb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.451,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.34172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AE5

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AC1ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AE5

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

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