#8A9ECB#8A9ECB

#8A9ECB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.070 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9ECB
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(222, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 3.58, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 25.59, 278.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0049 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.07 266)
XYZ	xyz(33.4845, 34.1675, 61.3191)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9ECB #CBB78A

analogous

#8ABFCB #8A9ECB #978ACB

triadic

#8A9ECB #CB8A9E #9ECB8A

tetradic

#8A9ECB #CB8ABF #CBB78A #8ACB97

square

#8A9ECB #CB8ABF #CBB78A #8ACB97

split-complementary

#8A9ECB #CB978A #BFCB8A

monochromatic

#435D97 #607BB8 #8A9ECB #B4C1DE #DFE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8A9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#8A9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9ECB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9ECB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.070 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbadb',
    500: '#8a9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ecb;
$custom-light: #adbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70024,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9ECB

secondary

#E3DCCE

accent

#8B34B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9ECB

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

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