#8A9BE5#8A9BE5

#8A9BE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BE5
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(229, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(229, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 12.22, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 41.19, 287.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0065 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.11 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3412, 34.5014, 78.8581)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BE5 #E5D48A

analogous

#8AC9E5 #8A9BE5 #A78AE5

triadic

#8A9BE5 #E58A9B #9BE58A

tetradic

#8A9BE5 #E58AC9 #E5D48A #8AE5A7

square

#8A9BE5 #E58AC9 #E5D48A #8AE5A7

split-complementary

#8A9BE5 #E5A78A #C9E58A

monochromatic

#2C4AC8 #5870DA #8A9BE5 #BCC6F0 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8A9BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8A9BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BE5

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BE5	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DAAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ed',
    500: '#8a9be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9be5;
$custom-light: #afb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.791,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70578,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BE5

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AA1ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BE5

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

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