#8A9DBC#8A9DBC

#8A9DBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.051 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DBC
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(217, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(217, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 0.39, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 18.22, 271.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0086 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.051 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6128, 33.1470, 52.2996)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DBC #BCA98A

analogous

#8AB6BC #8A9DBC #908ABC

triadic

#8A9DBC #BC8A9D #9DBC8A

tetradic

#8A9DBC #BC8AB6 #BCA98A #8ABC90

square

#8A9DBC #BC8AB6 #BCA98A #8ABC90

split-complementary

#8A9DBC #BC908A #B6BC8A

monochromatic

#4A5F81 #637CA6 #8A9DBC #B1BED2 #D8DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8A9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#8A9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DBC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DBC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.051 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d0',
    500: '#8a9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dbc;
$custom-light: #adb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.05063,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DBC

secondary

#DAD3C8

accent

#7F40A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DBC

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

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