#8A9CDC#8A9CDC

#8A9CDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CDC
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(227, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 9.19, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 35.76, 284.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0029 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.096 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2841, 34.3460, 72.4666)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CDC #DCCA8A

analogous

#8AC5DC #8A9CDC #A18ADC

triadic

#8A9CDC #DC8A9C #9CDC8A

tetradic

#8A9CDC #DC8AC5 #DCCA8A #8ADCA1

square

#8A9CDC #DC8AC5 #DCCA8A #8ADCA1

split-complementary

#8A9CDC #DCA18A #C5DC8A

monochromatic

#3652B5 #5B74CE #8A9CDC #B9C4EA #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8A9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CDC

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CDC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9e7',
    500: '#8a9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cdc;
$custom-light: #afb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CDC

secondary

#ECE7D6

accent

#9F24C1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CDC

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

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