#8A9DD5#8A9DD5

#8A9DD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.085 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DD5
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 213)
HSL	hsl(225, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 6.75, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 31.44, 282.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0005 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.085 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5449, 34.3199, 67.7421)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DD5 #D5C28A

analogous

#8AC3D5 #8A9DD5 #9D8AD5

triadic

#8A9DD5 #D58A9D #9DD58A

tetradic

#8A9DD5 #D58AC3 #D5C28A #8AD59D

square

#8A9DD5 #D58AC3 #D5C28A #8AD59D

split-complementary

#8A9DD5 #D59D8A #C3D58A

monochromatic

#3C58A8 #5D77C5 #8A9DD5 #B7C3E5 #E4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#8A9DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DD5

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DD5	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.085 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e2',
    500: '#8a9dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dd5;
$custom-light: #aeb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DD5

secondary

#E8E3D2

accent

#962BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DD5

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

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