#8A9DE9#8A9DE9

#8A9DE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DE9
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 233)
HSL	hsl(228, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 12.18, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 42.24, 286.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.005 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.113 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2417, 35.3986, 81.9453)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DE9 #E9D68A

analogous

#8ACCE9 #8A9DE9 #A68AE9

triadic

#8A9DE9 #E98A9D #9DE98A

tetradic

#8A9DE9 #E98ACC #E9D68A #8AE9A6

square

#8A9DE9 #E98ACC #E9D68A #8AE9A6

split-complementary

#8A9DE9 #E9A68A #CCE98A

monochromatic

#2749D1 #5672DF #8A9DE9 #BEC8F3 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8A9DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8A9DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DE9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DE9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f0',
    500: '#8a9de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9de9;
$custom-light: #afb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DE9

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AB15D0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DE9

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

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