#8A9CD9#8A9CD9

#8A9CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.092 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CD9
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 8.39, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 34.13, 284.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.002 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.092 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8904, 34.1885, 70.3928)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CD9 #D9C78A

analogous

#8AC4D9 #8A9CD9 #A08AD9

triadic

#8A9CD9 #D98A9C #9CD98A

tetradic

#8A9CD9 #D98AC4 #D9C78A #8AD9A0

square

#8A9CD9 #D98AC4 #D9C78A #8AD9A0

split-complementary

#8A9CD9 #D9A08A #C4D98A

monochromatic

#3954B0 #5C75CA #8A9CD9 #B8C3E8 #E6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#8A9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CD9

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CD9	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.092 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e5',
    500: '#8a9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cd9;
$custom-light: #aeb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.329,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CD9

secondary

#EBE6D4

accent

#9C27BE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CD9

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

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