#8A9DEE#8A9DEE

#8A9DEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DEE
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(229, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 13.57, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 44.94, 287.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0062 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.12 273)
XYZ	xyz(37.9661, 35.6884, 85.7604)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DEE #EEDB8A

analogous

#8ACFEE #8A9DEE #A98AEE

triadic

#8A9DEE #EE8A9D #9DEE8A

tetradic

#8A9DEE #EE8ACF #EEDB8A #8AEEA9

square

#8A9DEE #EE8ACF #EEDB8A #8AEEA9

split-complementary

#8A9DEE #EEA98A #CFEE8A

monochromatic

#2044DD #5570E6 #8A9DEE #BFCAF6 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8A9DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8A9DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DEE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DEE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b9f4',
    500: '#8a9dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dee;
$custom-light: #b0b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DEE

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B10FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DEE

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

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