#8A9CD3#8A9CD3

#8A9CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.084 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD3
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(225, 45%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 6.79, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 30.89, 282.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0003 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.084 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1241, 33.8820, 66.3573)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD3 #D3C18A

analogous

#8AC0D3 #8A9CD3 #9C8AD3

triadic

#8A9CD3 #D38A9C #9CD38A

tetradic

#8A9CD3 #D38AC0 #D3C18A #8AD39C

square

#8A9CD3 #D38AC0 #D3C18A #8AD39C

split-complementary

#8A9CD3 #D39C8A #C0D38A

monochromatic

#3E57A5 #5E76C2 #8A9CD3 #B6C2E4 #E3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD3	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.084 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e0',
    500: '#8a9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd3;
$custom-light: #aeb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.205,
    "s": 45.342,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD3

secondary

#E7E2D1

accent

#962DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD3

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

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