#8A9BE8#8A9BE8

#8A9BE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BE8
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 232)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 13.05, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 42.82, 287.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0073 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.114 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7637, 34.6704, 81.0832)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BE8 #E8D78A

analogous

#8ACAE8 #8A9BE8 #A88AE8

triadic

#8A9BE8 #E88A9B #9BE88A

tetradic

#8A9BE8 #E88ACA #E8D78A #8AE8A8

square

#8A9BE8 #E88ACA #E8D78A #8AE8A8

split-complementary

#8A9BE8 #E8A88A #CAE88A

monochromatic

#2947CF #576FDE #8A9BE8 #BDC7F2 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8A9BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#8A9BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BE8

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BE8	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ef',
    500: '#8a9be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9be8;
$custom-light: #afb8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.149,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BE8

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AE16CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BE8

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

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