#8A9EDD#8A9EDD

#8A9EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EDD
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 8.32, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 35.22, 283.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0005 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.095 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7553, 35.0759, 73.2789)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EDD #DDC98A

analogous

#8AC7DD #8A9EDD #9F8ADD

triadic

#8A9EDD #DD8A9E #9EDD8A

tetradic

#8A9EDD #DD8AC7 #DDC98A #8ADD9F

square

#8A9EDD #DD8AC7 #DDC98A #8ADD9F

split-complementary

#8A9EDD #DD9F8A #C7DD8A

monochromatic

#3555B7 #5B77CF #8A9EDD #B9C5EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8A9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#8A9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EDD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EDD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbae7',
    500: '#8a9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9edd;
$custom-light: #afbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.542,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70814,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EDD

secondary

#EDE7D6

accent

#9C23C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EDD

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

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