#8A9CF9#8A9CF9

#8A9CF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CF9
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(230, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 17.26, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 51.44, 289.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0099 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.137 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4633, 36.0177, 94.4769)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CF9 #F9E78A

analogous

#8AD3F9 #8A9CF9 #AF8AF9

triadic

#8A9CF9 #F98A9C #9CF98A

tetradic

#8A9CF9 #F98AD3 #F9E78A #8AF9AF

square

#8A9CF9 #F98AD3 #F9E78A #8AF9AF

split-complementary

#8A9CF9 #F9AF8A #D3F98A

monochromatic

#1639F3 #506BF6 #8A9CF9 #C4CDFC #E2E6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8A9CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8A9CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CF9

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CF9	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709EF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b9fb',
    500: '#8a9cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cf9;
$custom-light: #b1b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CF9

secondary

#F6F0D5

accent

#C000E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CF9

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

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