#8A9BC2#8A9BC2

#8A9BC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.061 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BC2
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(222, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(222, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 3.00, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 22.28, 277.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0038 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.061 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9375, 32.7399, 55.6652)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BC2 #C2B18A

analogous

#8AB7C2 #8A9BC2 #958AC2

triadic

#8A9BC2 #C28A9B #9BC28A

tetradic

#8A9BC2 #C28AB7 #C2B18A #8AC295

square

#8A9BC2 #C28AB7 #C2B18A #8AC295

split-complementary

#8A9BC2 #C2958A #B7C28A

monochromatic

#485C8A #6279AD #8A9BC2 #B2BDD7 #DAE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8A9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BC2

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BC2	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.061 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d4',
    500: '#8a9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bc2;
$custom-light: #adb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.786,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69018,
    "c": 0.06084,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BC2

secondary

#DDD8CA

accent

#893BAA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BC2

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

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