#8A9CC2#8A9CC2

#8A9CC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.060 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CC2
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(221, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 2.43, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 21.80, 276.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0052 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.06 265)
XYZ	xyz(32.1046, 33.0742, 55.7209)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CC2 #C2B08A

analogous

#8AB8C2 #8A9CC2 #948AC2

triadic

#8A9CC2 #C28A9C #9CC28A

tetradic

#8A9CC2 #C28AB8 #C2B08A #8AC294

square

#8A9CC2 #C28AB8 #C2B08A #8AC294

split-complementary

#8A9CC2 #C2948A #B8C28A

monochromatic

#485D8A #627AAD #8A9CC2 #B2BED7 #DAE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8A9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#8A9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CC2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CC2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.060 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d4',
    500: '#8a9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cc2;
$custom-light: #adb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6923,
    "c": 0.05978,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.33075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CC2

secondary

#DDD7CA

accent

#873BAA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CC2

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

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