#8A9BDB#8A9BDB

#8A9BDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BDB
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(227, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 9.49, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 35.76, 285.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0039 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.096 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9850, 33.9590, 71.7155)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BDB #DBCA8A

analogous

#8AC4DB #8A9BDB #A18ADB

triadic

#8A9BDB #DB8A9B #9BDB8A

tetradic

#8A9BDB #DB8AC4 #DBCA8A #8ADBA1

square

#8A9BDB #DB8AC4 #DBCA8A #8ADBA1

split-complementary

#8A9BDB #DBA18A #C4DB8A

monochromatic

#3751B3 #5B73CD #8A9BDB #B9C3E9 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#8A9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BDB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BDB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8e6',
    500: '#8a9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bdb;
$custom-light: #aeb8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.407,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70105,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BDB

secondary

#ECE7D5

accent

#A025C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BDB

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

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