#8A9BD2#8A9BD2

#8A9BD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.083 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BD2
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(226, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 7.10, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 30.88, 283.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0013 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.083 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8321, 33.4978, 65.6434)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BD2 #D2C18A

analogous

#8ABFD2 #8A9BD2 #9D8AD2

triadic

#8A9BD2 #D28A9B #9BD28A

tetradic

#8A9BD2 #D28ABF #D2C18A #8AD29D

square

#8A9BD2 #D28ABF #D2C18A #8AD29D

split-complementary

#8A9BD2 #D29D8A #BFD28A

monochromatic

#3F56A3 #5E75C1 #8A9BD2 #B6C1E3 #E2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8A9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BD2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BD2	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.083 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8e0',
    500: '#8a9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bd2;
$custom-light: #aeb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.833,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69697,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BD2

secondary

#E7E2D1

accent

#972EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BD2

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