#8A9CE9#8A9CE9

#8A9CE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CE9
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 233)
HSL	hsl(229, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 33%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 12.75, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 42.80, 287.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0063 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.115 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0732, 35.0616, 81.8891)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CE9 #E9D78A

analogous

#8ACBE9 #8A9CE9 #A88AE9

triadic

#8A9CE9 #E98A9C #9CE98A

tetradic

#8A9CE9 #E98ACB #E9D78A #8AE9A8

square

#8A9CE9 #E98ACB #E9D78A #8AE9A8

split-complementary

#8A9CE9 #E9A88A #CBE98A

monochromatic

#2748D1 #5670DF #8A9CE9 #BEC8F3 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8A9CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#8A9CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CE9

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CE9	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f0',
    500: '#8a9ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ce9;
$custom-light: #afb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.632,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70975,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CE9

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AD15D0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CE9

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

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