#8A9CBB#8A9CBB

#8A9CBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.050 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CBB
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(218, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 0.71, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 18.14, 272.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0076 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.05 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3369, 32.7671, 51.6777)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CBB #BBA98A

analogous

#8AB4BB #8A9CBB #908ABB

triadic

#8A9CBB #BB8A9C #9CBB8A

tetradic

#8A9CBB #BB8AB4 #BBA98A #8ABB90

square

#8A9CBB #BB8AB4 #BBA98A #8ABB90

split-complementary

#8A9CBB #BB908A #B4BB8A

monochromatic

#4A5E80 #637BA5 #8A9CBB #B1BDD1 #D7DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8A9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CBB

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CBB	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.050 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9cf',
    500: '#8a9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cbb;
$custom-light: #adb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68952,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CBB

secondary

#D9D3C8

accent

#8040A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CBB

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

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