#8A9CD5#8A9CD5

#8A9CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD5
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(226, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 7.32, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 31.97, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0009 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.086 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3764, 33.9829, 67.6860)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD5 #D5C38A

analogous

#8AC2D5 #8A9CD5 #9E8AD5

triadic

#8A9CD5 #D58A9C #9CD58A

tetradic

#8A9CD5 #D58AC2 #D5C38A #8AD59E

square

#8A9CD5 #D58AC2 #D5C38A #8AD59E

split-complementary

#8A9CD5 #D59E8A #C2D58A

monochromatic

#3C56A8 #5D76C5 #8A9CD5 #B7C2E5 #E4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#8A9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD5

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD5	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e2',
    500: '#8a9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd5;
$custom-light: #aeb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD5

secondary

#E8E3D2

accent

#982BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD5

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

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