#8A9CD4#8A9CD4

#8A9CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.085 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD4
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 7.06, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 31.43, 282.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0006 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.085 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2499, 33.9323, 67.0196)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD4 #D4C28A

analogous

#8AC1D4 #8A9CD4 #9D8AD4

triadic

#8A9CD4 #D48A9C #9CD48A

tetradic

#8A9CD4 #D48AC1 #D4C28A #8AD49D

square

#8A9CD4 #D48AC1 #D4C28A #8AD49D

split-complementary

#8A9CD4 #D49D8A #C1D48A

monochromatic

#3D57A6 #5D76C4 #8A9CD4 #B7C2E4 #E4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#8A9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD4

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD4	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.085 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e1',
    500: '#8a9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd4;
$custom-light: #aeb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD4

secondary

#E8E3D2

accent

#972CB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD4

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

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