#8A9BC7#8A9BC7

#8A9BC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.068 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BC7
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(223, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 4.26, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 24.95, 279.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0021 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.068 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5085, 32.9683, 58.6725)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BC7 #C7B68A

analogous

#8AB9C7 #8A9BC7 #978AC7

triadic

#8A9BC7 #C78A9B #9BC78A

tetradic

#8A9BC7 #C78AB9 #C7B68A #8AC797

square

#8A9BC7 #C78AB9 #C7B68A #8AC797

split-complementary

#8A9BC7 #C7978A #B9C78A

monochromatic

#455B91 #6178B3 #8A9BC7 #B3BEDB #DDE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8A9BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8A9BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BC7

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BC7	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.068 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d8',
    500: '#8a9bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bc7;
$custom-light: #adb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.279,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69224,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BC7

secondary

#E0DBCC

accent

#8D37AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BC7

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

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