#8A9CC8#8A9CC8

#8A9CC8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.068 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CC8
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 3.95, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 24.99, 279.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0032 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.068 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7921, 33.3492, 59.3416)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CC8 #C8B68A

analogous

#8ABBC8 #8A9CC8 #978AC8

triadic

#8A9CC8 #C88A9C #9CC88A

tetradic

#8A9CC8 #C88ABB #C8B68A #8AC897

square

#8A9CC8 #C88ABB #C8B68A #8AC897

split-complementary

#8A9CC8 #C8978A #BBC88A

monochromatic

#455C93 #6079B4 #8A9CC8 #B4BFDC #DDE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A9CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#8A9CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CC8

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CC8	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.068 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d8',
    500: '#8a9cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cc8;
$custom-light: #adb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69476,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CC8

secondary

#E1DBCD

accent

#8C37AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CC8

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

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