#8A9BBC#8A9BBC

#8A9BBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.053 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BBC
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(220, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 1.51, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 19.11, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0059 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.053 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2772, 32.4758, 52.1877)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BBC #BCAB8A

analogous

#8AB4BC #8A9BBC #928ABC

triadic

#8A9BBC #BC8A9B #9BBC8A

tetradic

#8A9BBC #BC8AB4 #BCAB8A #8ABC92

square

#8A9BBC #BC8AB4 #BCAB8A #8ABC92

split-complementary

#8A9BBC #BC928A #B4BC8A

monochromatic

#4A5D81 #637AA6 #8A9BBC #B1BCD2 #D8DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8A9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BBC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BBC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.053 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d0',
    500: '#8a9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bbc;
$custom-light: #adb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68778,
    "c": 0.05253,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BBC

secondary

#DAD4C8

accent

#8340A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BBC

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

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