#8A9ECF#8A9ECF

#8A9ECF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.076 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9ECF
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 207)
HSL	hsl(223, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(223, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 4.62, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 27.72, 279.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0036 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.076 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9673, 34.3606, 63.8619)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9ECF #CFBB8A

analogous

#8AC0CF #8A9ECF #998ACF

triadic

#8A9ECF #CF8A9E #9ECF8A

tetradic

#8A9ECF #CF8AC0 #CFBB8A #8ACF99

square

#8A9ECF #CF8AC0 #CFBB8A #8ACF99

split-complementary

#8A9ECF #CF998A #C0CF8A

monochromatic

#415C9E #5F7ABD #8A9ECF #B5C2E1 #E1E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8A9ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8A9ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9ECF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9ECF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.076 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebadd',
    500: '#8a9ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ecf;
$custom-light: #aebadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.609,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70193,
    "c": 0.07571,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9ECF

secondary

#E5DFD0

accent

#8F31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9ECF

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

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