#8A9CED#8A9CED

#8A9CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CED
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(229, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 13.87, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 44.96, 287.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0072 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.12 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6511, 35.2928, 84.9326)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CED #EDDB8A

analogous

#8ACDED #8A9CED #A98AED

triadic

#8A9CED #ED8A9C #9CED8A

tetradic

#8A9CED #ED8ACD #EDDB8A #8AEDA9

square

#8A9CED #ED8ACD #EDDB8A #8AEDA9

split-complementary

#8A9CED #EDA98A #CDED8A

monochromatic

#2243DB #556FE5 #8A9CED #BFC9F5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8A9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#8A9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CED

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CED	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b9f3',
    500: '#8a9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ced;
$custom-light: #b0b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CED

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B210D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CED

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

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