#8A9ECD#8A9ECD

#8A9ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.073 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9ECD
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(222, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 4.10, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 26.65, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0043 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.073 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7243, 34.2635, 62.5824)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9ECD #CDB98A

analogous

#8ABFCD #8A9ECD #988ACD

triadic

#8A9ECD #CD8A9E #9ECD8A

tetradic

#8A9ECD #CD8ABF #CDB98A #8ACD98

square

#8A9ECD #CD8ABF #CDB98A #8ACD98

split-complementary

#8A9ECD #CD988A #BFCD8A

monochromatic

#425C9B #5F7ABB #8A9ECD #B5C2DF #E0E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8A9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9ECD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9ECD	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.073 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebadc',
    500: '#8a9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ecd;
$custom-light: #aebadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.09,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9ECD

secondary

#E4DECF

accent

#8D32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9ECD

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

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