#8A9DC0#8A9DC0

#8A9DC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.056 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DC0
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(219, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(219, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 1.38, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 20.29, 273.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0072 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.056 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0500, 33.3219, 54.6021)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DC0 #C0AD8A

analogous

#8AB8C0 #8A9DC0 #928AC0

triadic

#8A9DC0 #C08A9D #9DC08A

tetradic

#8A9DC0 #C08AB8 #C0AD8A #8AC092

square

#8A9DC0 #C08AB8 #C0AD8A #8AC092

split-complementary

#8A9DC0 #C0928A #B8C08A

monochromatic

#495F87 #627CAB #8A9DC0 #B2BED5 #DAE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8A9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DC0

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DC0	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.056 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d3',
    500: '#8a9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dc0;
$custom-light: #adb9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69362,
    "c": 0.05603,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DC0

secondary

#DCD6CA

accent

#833DA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DC0

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

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