#8A9CD0#8A9CD0

#8A9CD0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.079 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD0
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(225, 43%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 6.01, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 29.28, 281.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0007 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.079 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7516, 33.7330, 64.3950)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD0 #D0BE8A

analogous

#8ABFD0 #8A9CD0 #9B8AD0

triadic

#8A9CD0 #D08A9C #9CD08A

tetradic

#8A9CD0 #D08ABF #D0BE8A #8AD09B

square

#8A9CD0 #D08ABF #D0BE8A #8AD09B

split-complementary

#8A9CD0 #D09B8A #BFD08A

monochromatic

#4059A0 #5E77BE #8A9CD0 #B6C1E2 #E1E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8A9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#8A9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD0	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.079 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9de',
    500: '#8a9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd0;
$custom-light: #aeb9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 42.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD0

secondary

#E6E0D0

accent

#9330B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD0

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

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