#8A9BD5#8A9BD5

#8A9BD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.088 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BD5
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 213)
HSL	hsl(226, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 7.89, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 32.51, 284.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0022 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.088 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2093, 33.6487, 67.6303)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BD5 #D5C48A

analogous

#8AC1D5 #8A9BD5 #9F8AD5

triadic

#8A9BD5 #D58A9B #9BD58A

tetradic

#8A9BD5 #D58AC1 #D5C48A #8AD59F

square

#8A9BD5 #D58AC1 #D5C48A #8AD59F

split-complementary

#8A9BD5 #D59F8A #C1D58A

monochromatic

#3C55A8 #5D75C5 #8A9BD5 #B7C1E5 #E4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A9BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8A9BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BD5

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BD5	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.088 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8e2',
    500: '#8a9bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bd5;
$custom-light: #aeb8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BD5

secondary

#E8E3D2

accent

#9A2BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BD5

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

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