#8A9CD7#8A9CD7

#8A9CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.089 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD7
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(226, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 7.85, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 33.05, 283.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0014 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.089 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6318, 34.0851, 69.0311)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD7 #D7C58A

analogous

#8AC3D7 #8A9CD7 #9F8AD7

triadic

#8A9CD7 #D78A9C #9CD78A

tetradic

#8A9CD7 #D78AC3 #D7C58A #8AD79F

square

#8A9CD7 #D78AC3 #D7C58A #8AD79F

split-complementary

#8A9CD7 #D79F8A #C3D78A

monochromatic

#3B55AC #5C75C7 #8A9CD7 #B8C3E7 #E5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#8A9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD7

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD7	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.089 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e3',
    500: '#8a9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd7;
$custom-light: #aeb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.974,
    "s": 49.045,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD7

secondary

#EAE4D3

accent

#9A29BC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD7

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

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