#8A9EC6#8A9EC6

#8A9EC6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.063 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EC6
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(220, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(220, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 2.31, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 22.96, 275.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0066 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.063 264)
XYZ	xyz(32.8982, 33.9330, 58.2315)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EC6 #C6B28A

analogous

#8ABCC6 #8A9EC6 #948AC6

triadic

#8A9EC6 #C68A9E #9EC68A

tetradic

#8A9EC6 #C68ABC #C6B28A #8AC694

square

#8A9EC6 #C68ABC #C6B28A #8AC694

split-complementary

#8A9EC6 #C6948A #BCC68A

monochromatic

#465F90 #617CB2 #8A9EC6 #B3C0DA #DCE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#8A9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EC6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EC6	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.063 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbad7',
    500: '#8a9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ec6;
$custom-light: #adbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69817,
    "c": 0.06324,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EC6

secondary

#E0D9CC

accent

#8638AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EC6

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

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