#8A9CD2#8A9CD2

#8A9CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.082 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD2
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(225, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 6.53, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 30.35, 282.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.082 270)
XYZ	xyz(33.9992, 33.8320, 65.6991)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD2 #D2C08A

analogous

#8AC0D2 #8A9CD2 #9C8AD2

triadic

#8A9CD2 #D28A9C #9CD28A

tetradic

#8A9CD2 #D28AC0 #D2C08A #8AD29C

square

#8A9CD2 #D28AC0 #D2C08A #8AD29C

split-complementary

#8A9CD2 #D29C8A #C0D28A

monochromatic

#3F58A3 #5E77C1 #8A9CD2 #B6C1E3 #E2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8A9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.082 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e0',
    500: '#8a9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd2;
$custom-light: #aeb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69905,
    "c": 0.08221,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.33833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD2

secondary

#E7E1D1

accent

#952EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD2

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

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