#8A9CF6#8A9CF6

#8A9CF6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CF6
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 246)
HSL	hsl(230, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 16.41, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 49.82, 289.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0093 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.133 274)
XYZ	xyz(38.9991, 35.8320, 92.0322)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CF6 #F6E48A

analogous

#8AD2F6 #8A9CF6 #AE8AF6

triadic

#8A9CF6 #F68A9C #9CF68A

tetradic

#8A9CF6 #F68AD2 #F6E48A #8AF6AE

square

#8A9CF6 #F68AD2 #F6E48A #8AF6AE

split-complementary

#8A9CF6 #F6AE8A #D2F68A

monochromatic

#183CED #516CF2 #8A9CF6 #C3CCFA #E3E7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8A9CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8A9CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CF6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CF6	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729DF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65AEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b9f9',
    500: '#8a9cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cf6;
$custom-light: #b1b9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.35834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CF6

secondary

#F5F0D6

accent

#BD03E2

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CF6

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

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