#8A9EC0#8A9EC0

#8A9EC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.055 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EC0
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(218, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 0.81, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 19.84, 272.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0086 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.055 261)
XYZ	xyz(32.2198, 33.6617, 54.6587)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EC0 #C0AC8A

analogous

#8AB9C0 #8A9EC0 #918AC0

triadic

#8A9EC0 #C08A9E #9EC08A

tetradic

#8A9EC0 #C08AB9 #C0AC8A #8AC091

square

#8A9EC0 #C08AB9 #C0AC8A #8AC091

split-complementary

#8A9EC0 #C0918A #B9C08A

monochromatic

#496087 #627DAB #8A9EC0 #B2BFD5 #DAE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8A9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EC0

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EC0	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.055 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbad3',
    500: '#8a9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ec0;
$custom-light: #adbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.33663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EC0

secondary

#DCD5CA

accent

#813DA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EC0

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

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