#8A9EC7#8A9EC7

#8A9EC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.065 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EC7
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 199)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(220, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 2.57, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 23.48, 276.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0062 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.065 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0139, 33.9793, 58.8409)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EC7 #C7B38A

analogous

#8ABCC7 #8A9EC7 #948AC7

triadic

#8A9EC7 #C78A9E #9EC78A

tetradic

#8A9EC7 #C78ABC #C7B38A #8AC794

square

#8A9EC7 #C78ABC #C7B38A #8AC794

split-complementary

#8A9EC7 #C7948A #BCC78A

monochromatic

#455E91 #617CB3 #8A9EC7 #B3C0DB #DDE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8A9EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#8A9EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EC7

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EC7	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.065 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbad8',
    500: '#8a9ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ec7;
$custom-light: #adbad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.328,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.06461,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EC7

secondary

#E0DACC

accent

#8737AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EC7

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

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