#8A9CD6#8A9CD6

#8A9CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD6
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(226, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 7.59, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 32.51, 283.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0011 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.088 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5037, 34.0338, 68.3565)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD6 #D6C48A

analogous

#8AC2D6 #8A9CD6 #9E8AD6

triadic

#8A9CD6 #D68A9C #9CD68A

tetradic

#8A9CD6 #D68AC2 #D6C48A #8AD69E

square

#8A9CD6 #D68AC2 #D6C48A #8AD69E

split-complementary

#8A9CD6 #D69E8A #C2D68A

monochromatic

#3C56AA #5D76C6 #8A9CD6 #B7C2E6 #E5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#8A9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD6

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD6	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e3',
    500: '#8a9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd6;
$custom-light: #aeb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.789,
    "s": 48.101,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70083,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD6

secondary

#E9E4D3

accent

#992ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD6

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

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