#8A9DED#8A9DED

#8A9DED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DED
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 33.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 13.29, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 44.40, 287.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.006 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.119 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8196, 35.6298, 84.9888)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DED #EDDA8A

analogous

#8ACEED #8A9DED #A88AED

triadic

#8A9DED #ED8A9D #9DED8A

tetradic

#8A9DED #ED8ACE #EDDA8A #8AEDA8

square

#8A9DED #ED8ACE #EDDA8A #8AEDA8

split-complementary

#8A9DED #EDA88A #CEED8A

monochromatic

#2245DB #5571E5 #8A9DED #BFC9F5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8A9DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#8A9DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DED

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DED	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b9f3',
    500: '#8a9ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ded;
$custom-light: #b0b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.485,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DED

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B010D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DED

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

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