#8A9BC3#8A9BC3

#8A9BC3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.062 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BC3
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(222, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(222, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 3.25, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 22.81, 278.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0035 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.062 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0501, 32.7850, 56.2586)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BC3 #C3B28A

analogous

#8AB7C3 #8A9BC3 #958AC3

triadic

#8A9BC3 #C38A9B #9BC38A

tetradic

#8A9BC3 #C38AB7 #C3B28A #8AC395

square

#8A9BC3 #C38AB7 #C3B28A #8AC395

split-complementary

#8A9BC3 #C3958A #B7C38A

monochromatic

#475C8B #6278AE #8A9BC3 #B2BED8 #DBE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8A9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BC3

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BC3	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.062 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d5',
    500: '#8a9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bc3;
$custom-light: #adb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.105,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BC3

secondary

#DED8CB

accent

#893BAB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BC3

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

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