#8A9EBD#8A9EBD

#8A9EBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.051 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EBD
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(216, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(216, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 0.08, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 18.31, 270.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0097 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.051 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8908, 33.5301, 52.9259)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EBD #BDA98A

analogous

#8AB8BD #8A9EBD #908ABD

triadic

#8A9EBD #BD8A9E #9EBD8A

tetradic

#8A9EBD #BD8AB8 #BDA98A #8ABD90

square

#8A9EBD #BD8AB8 #BDA98A #8ABD90

split-complementary

#8A9EBD #BD908A #B8BD8A

monochromatic

#4A6083 #637EA7 #8A9EBD #B1BED3 #D8DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A9EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#8A9EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EBD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EBD	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.051 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbad1',
    500: '#8a9ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ebd;
$custom-light: #adbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69458,
    "c": 0.05108,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EBD

secondary

#DAD3C9

accent

#7E3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EBD

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

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