#8A9CE2#8A9CE2

#8A9CE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CE2
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 10.82, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 39.01, 286.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0045 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.105 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0931, 34.6696, 76.7269)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CE2 #E2D08A

analogous

#8AC8E2 #8A9CE2 #A48AE2

triadic

#8A9CE2 #E28A9C #9CE28A

tetradic

#8A9CE2 #E28AC8 #E2D08A #8AE2A4

square

#8A9CE2 #E28AC8 #E2D08A #8AE2A4

split-complementary

#8A9CE2 #E2A48A #C8E28A

monochromatic

#304EC2 #5973D6 #8A9CE2 #BBC6EE #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8A9CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#8A9CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CE2

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CE2	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9eb',
    500: '#8a9ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ce2;
$custom-light: #afb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CE2

secondary

#EFEBD8

accent

#A51EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CE2

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

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