#8A9DD4#8A9DD4

#8A9DD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.084 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DD4
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 6.49, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 30.91, 282.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0008 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.084 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4184, 34.2693, 67.0757)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DD4 #D4C18A

analogous

#8AC2D4 #8A9DD4 #9C8AD4

triadic

#8A9DD4 #D48A9D #9DD48A

tetradic

#8A9DD4 #D48AC2 #D4C18A #8AD49C

square

#8A9DD4 #D48AC2 #D4C18A #8AD49C

split-complementary

#8A9DD4 #D49C8A #C2D48A

monochromatic

#3D58A6 #5D78C4 #8A9DD4 #B7C2E4 #E4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8A9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DD4

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DD4	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.084 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e1',
    500: '#8a9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dd4;
$custom-light: #aeb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.595,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DD4

secondary

#E8E2D2

accent

#952CB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DD4

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

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