#8A9DCF#8A9DCF

#8A9DCF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.077 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DCF
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(223, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 5.18, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 28.22, 280.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0023 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.077 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7974, 34.0209, 63.8053)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DCF #CFBC8A

analogous

#8AC0CF #8A9DCF #998ACF

triadic

#8A9DCF #CF8A9D #9DCF8A

tetradic

#8A9DCF #CF8AC0 #CFBC8A #8ACF99

square

#8A9DCF #CF8AC0 #CFBC8A #8ACF99

split-complementary

#8A9DCF #CF998A #C0CF8A

monochromatic

#415A9E #5F79BD #8A9DCF #B5C1E1 #E1E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#8A9DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DCF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DCF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.077 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9dd',
    500: '#8a9dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dcf;
$custom-light: #aeb9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.478,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DCF

secondary

#E5DFD0

accent

#9031B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DCF

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

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