#8A9CDB#8A9CDB

#8A9CDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.095 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CDB
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(227, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 8.92, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 35.22, 284.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0026 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.095 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1521, 34.2932, 71.7712)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CDB #DBC98A

analogous

#8AC4DB #8A9CDB #A18ADB

triadic

#8A9CDB #DB8A9C #9CDB8A

tetradic

#8A9CDB #DB8AC4 #DBC98A #8ADBA1

square

#8A9CDB #DB8AC4 #DBC98A #8ADBA1

split-complementary

#8A9CDB #DBA18A #C4DB8A

monochromatic

#3753B3 #5B74CD #8A9CDB #B9C4E9 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#8A9CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CDB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CDB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.095 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e6',
    500: '#8a9cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cdb;
$custom-light: #aeb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CDB

secondary

#ECE7D5

accent

#9E25C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CDB

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

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