#8A9DCD#8A9DCD

#8A9DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.074 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DCD
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 4.66, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 27.16, 279.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0029 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.074 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5545, 33.9237, 62.5257)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DCD #CDBA8A

analogous

#8ABFCD #8A9DCD #998ACD

triadic

#8A9DCD #CD8A9D #9DCD8A

tetradic

#8A9DCD #CD8ABF #CDBA8A #8ACD99

square

#8A9DCD #CD8ABF #CDBA8A #8ACD99

split-complementary

#8A9DCD #CD998A #BFCD8A

monochromatic

#425B9B #5F79BB #8A9DCD #B5C1DF #E0E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DCD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DCD	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)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.074 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9dc',
    500: '#8a9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dcd;
$custom-light: #aeb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.985,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DCD

secondary

#E4DECF

accent

#8F32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DCD

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

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