#8A9BE2#8A9BE2

#8A9BE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BE2
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 11.40, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 39.56, 286.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0058 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.106 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9259, 34.3353, 76.6712)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BE2 #E2D18A

analogous

#8AC7E2 #8A9BE2 #A58AE2

triadic

#8A9BE2 #E28A9B #9BE28A

tetradic

#8A9BE2 #E28AC7 #E2D18A #8AE2A5

square

#8A9BE2 #E28AC7 #E2D18A #8AE2A5

split-complementary

#8A9BE2 #E2A58A #C7E28A

monochromatic

#304CC2 #5971D6 #8A9BE2 #BBC5EE #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8A9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BE2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BE2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8eb',
    500: '#8a9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9be2;
$custom-light: #afb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.409,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70434,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BE2

secondary

#EFEBD8

accent

#A71EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BE2

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

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