#8A9AE8#8A9AE8

#8A9AE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AE8
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 232)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(230, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 13.62, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 43.38, 288.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0085 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.116 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5979, 34.3390, 81.0280)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AE8 #E8D88A

analogous

#8AC9E8 #8A9AE8 #A98AE8

triadic

#8A9AE8 #E88A9A #9AE88A

tetradic

#8A9AE8 #E88AC9 #E8D88A #8AE8A9

square

#8A9AE8 #E88AC9 #E8D88A #8AE8A9

split-complementary

#8A9AE8 #E8A98A #C9E88A

monochromatic

#2945CF #576EDE #8A9AE8 #BDC6F2 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8A9AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AE8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AE8	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7ef',
    500: '#8a9ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ae8;
$custom-light: #afb7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.787,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AE8

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#B016CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AE8

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

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