#8A9DC6#8A9DC6

#8A9DC6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.064 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DC6
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(221, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 2.88, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 23.43, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0052 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.064 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7283, 33.5933, 58.1749)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DC6 #C6B38A

analogous

#8ABBC6 #8A9DC6 #958AC6

triadic

#8A9DC6 #C68A9D #9DC68A

tetradic

#8A9DC6 #C68ABB #C6B38A #8AC695

square

#8A9DC6 #C68ABB #C6B38A #8AC695

split-complementary

#8A9DC6 #C6958A #BBC68A

monochromatic

#465D90 #617BB2 #8A9DC6 #B3BFDA #DCE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#8A9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DC6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DC6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.064 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d7',
    500: '#8a9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dc6;
$custom-light: #adb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69605,
    "c": 0.06427,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DC6

secondary

#E0DACC

accent

#8838AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DC6

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

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