#8A9DCC#8A9DCC

#8A9DCC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.073 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DCC
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(223, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 4.41, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 26.62, 279.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0032 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.073 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4341, 33.8756, 61.8921)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DCC #CCB98A

analogous

#8ABECC #8A9DCC #988ACC

triadic

#8A9DCC #CC8A9D #9DCC8A

tetradic

#8A9DCC #CC8ABE #CCB98A #8ACC98

square

#8A9DCC #CC8ABE #CCB98A #8ACC98

split-complementary

#8A9DCC #CC988A #BECC8A

monochromatic

#435C99 #5F79B9 #8A9DCC #B5C1DF #DFE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DCC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DCC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.073 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9db',
    500: '#8a9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dcc;
$custom-light: #aeb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.727,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69855,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DCC

secondary

#E3DDCE

accent

#8E33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DCC

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

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