#8A9BEA#8A9BEA

#8A9BEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BEA
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 13.60, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 43.90, 288.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0078 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.117 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0494, 34.7847, 82.5879)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BEA #EAD98A

analogous

#8ACBEA #8A9BEA #A98AEA

triadic

#8A9BEA #EA8A9B #9BEA8A

tetradic

#8A9BEA #EA8ACB #EAD98A #8AEAA9

square

#8A9BEA #EA8ACB #EAD98A #8AEAA9

split-complementary

#8A9BEA #EAA98A #CBEA8A

monochromatic

#2645D4 #566FE1 #8A9BEA #BEC7F3 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8A9BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#8A9BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BEA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BEA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b8f1',
    500: '#8a9bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bea;
$custom-light: #b0b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.375,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70822,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BEA

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B014D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BEA

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

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