#8A9BCB#8A9BCB

#8A9BCB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.073 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BCB
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(224, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 5.28, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 27.10, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0009 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.074 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9790, 33.1566, 61.1506)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BCB #CBBA8A

analogous

#8ABCCB #8A9BCB #9A8ACB

triadic

#8A9BCB #CB8A9B #9BCB8A

tetradic

#8A9BCB #CB8ABC #CBBA8A #8ACB9A

square

#8A9BCB #CB8ABC #CBBA8A #8ACB9A

split-complementary

#8A9BCB #CB9A8A #BCCB8A

monochromatic

#435997 #6077B8 #8A9BCB #B4BFDE #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8A9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#8A9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BCB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BCB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.073 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8db',
    500: '#8a9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bcb;
$custom-light: #adb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.308,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69393,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BCB

secondary

#E3DDCE

accent

#9134B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BCB

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

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