#8A9BDF#8A9BDF

#8A9BDF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BDF
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(228, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 10.58, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 37.93, 286.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.005 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.102 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5179, 34.1721, 74.5222)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BDF #DFCE8A

analogous

#8AC5DF #8A9BDF #A38ADF

triadic

#8A9BDF #DF8A9B #9BDF8A

tetradic

#8A9BDF #DF8AC5 #DFCE8A #8ADFA3

square

#8A9BDF #DF8AC5 #DFCE8A #8ADFA3

split-complementary

#8A9BDF #DFA38A #C5DF8A

monochromatic

#334EBB #5A72D2 #8A9BDF #BAC4EC #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#8A9BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BDF

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BDF	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8e9',
    500: '#8a9bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bdf;
$custom-light: #afb8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 57.047,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70291,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BDF

secondary

#EEE9D7

accent

#A421C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BDF

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

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