#8A9BEB#8A9BEB

#8A9BEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BEB
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(229, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 13.88, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 44.44, 288.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.008 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.119 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1934, 34.8423, 83.3466)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BEB #EBDA8A

analogous

#8ACBEB #8A9BEB #A98AEB

triadic

#8A9BEB #EB8A9B #9BEB8A

tetradic

#8A9BEB #EB8ACB #EBDA8A #8AEBA9

square

#8A9BEB #EB8ACB #EBDA8A #8AEBA9

split-complementary

#8A9BEB #EBA98A #CBEB8A

monochromatic

#2544D6 #566EE2 #8A9BEB #BEC8F4 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8A9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#8A9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BEB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BEB	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b8f2',
    500: '#8a9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9beb;
$custom-light: #b0b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.485,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BEB

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B113D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BEB

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

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