#8A9BE0#8A9BE0

#8A9BE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BE0
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(228, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 10.85, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 38.48, 286.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0052 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.103 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6531, 34.2262, 75.2343)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BE0 #E0CF8A

analogous

#8AC6E0 #8A9BE0 #A48AE0

triadic

#8A9BE0 #E08A9B #9BE08A

tetradic

#8A9BE0 #E08AC6 #E0CF8A #8AE0A4

square

#8A9BE0 #E08AC6 #E0CF8A #8AE0A4

split-complementary

#8A9BE0 #E0A48A #C6E08A

monochromatic

#324EBD #5A72D3 #8A9BE0 #BAC4ED #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8A9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BE0

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BE0	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ea',
    500: '#8a9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9be0;
$custom-light: #afb8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.14,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BE0

secondary

#EEEAD7

accent

#A520C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BE0

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

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