#8A9BDA#8A9BDA

#8A9BDA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BDA
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(227, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 9.23, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 35.22, 285.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0036 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.095 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8537, 33.9065, 71.0242)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BDA #DAC98A

analogous

#8AC3DA #8A9BDA #A18ADA

triadic

#8A9BDA #DA8A9B #9BDA8A

tetradic

#8A9BDA #DA8AC3 #DAC98A #8ADAA1

square

#8A9BDA #DA8AC3 #DAC98A #8ADAA1

split-complementary

#8A9BDA #DAA18A #C3DA8A

monochromatic

#3852B1 #5C73CB #8A9BDA #B8C3E9 #E7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A9BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BDA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BDA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8e5',
    500: '#8a9bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bda;
$custom-light: #aeb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.25,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BDA

secondary

#EBE6D5

accent

#9F26BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BDA

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

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