#8A9CDA#8A9CDA

#8A9CDA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.094 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CDA
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(227, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 8.66, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 34.68, 284.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0023 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.094 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0208, 34.2407, 71.0799)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CDA #DAC88A

analogous

#8AC4DA #8A9CDA #A08ADA

triadic

#8A9CDA #DA8A9C #9CDA8A

tetradic

#8A9CDA #DA8AC4 #DAC88A #8ADAA0

square

#8A9CDA #DA8AC4 #DAC88A #8ADAA0

split-complementary

#8A9CDA #DAA08A #C4DA8A

monochromatic

#3853B1 #5C75CB #8A9CDA #B8C3E9 #E7EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8A9CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CDA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CDA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.094 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e5',
    500: '#8a9cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cda;
$custom-light: #aeb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.5,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70264,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CDA

secondary

#EBE6D5

accent

#9D26BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CDA

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

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