#8A9BC4#8A9BC4

#8A9BC4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.064 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BC4
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(222, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 3.50, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 23.35, 278.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0031 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.064 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1636, 32.8304, 56.8561)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BC4 #C4B38A

analogous

#8AB8C4 #8A9BC4 #968AC4

triadic

#8A9BC4 #C48A9B #9BC48A

tetradic

#8A9BC4 #C48AB8 #C4B38A #8AC496

square

#8A9BC4 #C48AB8 #C4B38A #8AC496

split-complementary

#8A9BC4 #C4968A #B8C48A

monochromatic

#475B8D #6178AF #8A9BC4 #B3BED9 #DBE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8A9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BC4

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BC4	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.064 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d6',
    500: '#8a9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bc4;
$custom-light: #adb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.414,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BC4

secondary

#DFD9CB

accent

#8A3AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BC4

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

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