#8A9DCA#8A9DCA

#8A9DCA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.070 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DCA
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(222, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 3.89, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 25.56, 278.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0039 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.07 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1958, 33.7802, 60.6368)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DCA #CAB78A

analogous

#8ABDCA #8A9DCA #978ACA

triadic

#8A9DCA #CA8A9D #9DCA8A

tetradic

#8A9DCA #CA8ABD #CAB78A #8ACA97

square

#8A9DCA #CA8ABD #CAB78A #8ACA97

split-complementary

#8A9DCA #CA978A #BDCA8A

monochromatic

#445C96 #607AB7 #8A9DCA #B4C0DD #DEE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8A9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#8A9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DCA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DCA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.070 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9da',
    500: '#8a9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dca;
$custom-light: #adb9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.187,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69771,
    "c": 0.06984,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DCA

secondary

#E2DCCE

accent

#8C35B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DCA

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

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