#8A9DDE#8A9DDE

#8A9DDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DDE
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 9.16, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 36.30, 284.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0021 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.098 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7191, 34.7896, 73.9261)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DDE #DECB8A

analogous

#8AC7DE #8A9DDE #A18ADE

triadic

#8A9DDE #DE8A9D #9DDE8A

tetradic

#8A9DDE #DE8AC7 #DECB8A #8ADEA1

square

#8A9DDE #DE8AC7 #DECB8A #8ADEA1

split-complementary

#8A9DDE #DEA18A #C7DE8A

monochromatic

#3452B9 #5A75D1 #8A9DDE #BAC5EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8A9DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#8A9DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DDE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DDE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9e8',
    500: '#8a9dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dde;
$custom-light: #afb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DDE

secondary

#EDE8D6

accent

#9F22C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DDE

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

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