#8A9BE4#8A9BE4

#8A9BE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BE4
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 11.94, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 40.65, 287.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0063 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.109 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2020, 34.4457, 78.1249)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BE4 #E4D38A

analogous

#8AC8E4 #8A9BE4 #A68AE4

triadic

#8A9BE4 #E48A9B #9BE48A

tetradic

#8A9BE4 #E48AC8 #E4D38A #8AE4A6

square

#8A9BE4 #E48AC8 #E4D38A #8AE4A6

split-complementary

#8A9BE4 #E4A68A #C8E48A

monochromatic

#2E4AC6 #5871D9 #8A9BE4 #BCC6EF #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8A9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#8A9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BE4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BE4	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ed',
    500: '#8a9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9be4;
$custom-light: #afb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BE4

secondary

#F0ECD9

accent

#A91BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BE4

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

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