#8A9BCD#8A9BCD

#8A9BCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.076 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BCD
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(225, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 5.80, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 28.18, 281.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0002 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.076 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2189, 33.2525, 62.4139)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BCD #CDBC8A

analogous

#8ABDCD #8A9BCD #9B8ACD

triadic

#8A9BCD #CD8A9B #9BCD8A

tetradic

#8A9BCD #CD8ABD #CDBC8A #8ACD9B

square

#8A9BCD #CD8ABD #CDBC8A #8ACD9B

split-complementary

#8A9BCD #CD9B8A #BDCD8A

monochromatic

#42599B #5F76BB #8A9BCD #B5C0DF #E0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8A9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BCD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BCD	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.076 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8dc',
    500: '#8a9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bcd;
$custom-light: #aeb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.776,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69479,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BCD

secondary

#E4DFCF

accent

#9232B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BCD

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

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