#8A9CC7#8A9CC7

#8A9CC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.067 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CC7
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 199)
HSL	hsl(222, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 3.69, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 24.45, 278.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0035 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.067 267)
XYZ	xyz(32.6756, 33.3026, 58.7282)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CC7 #C7B58A

analogous

#8ABAC7 #8A9CC7 #968AC7

triadic

#8A9CC7 #C78A9C #9CC78A

tetradic

#8A9CC7 #C78ABA #C7B58A #8AC796

square

#8A9CC7 #C78ABA #C7B58A #8AC796

split-complementary

#8A9CC7 #C7968A #BAC78A

monochromatic

#455C91 #6179B3 #8A9CC7 #B3BFDB #DDE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A9CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8A9CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CC7

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CC7	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.067 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d8',
    500: '#8a9cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cc7;
$custom-light: #adb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.295,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69435,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.33304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CC7

secondary

#E0DBCC

accent

#8B37AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CC7

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

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