#8A9EDE#8A9EDE

#8A9EDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EDE
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.59, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 35.76, 283.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0008 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.097 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8890, 35.1293, 73.9827)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EDE #DECA8A

analogous

#8AC8DE #8A9EDE #A08ADE

triadic

#8A9EDE #DE8A9E #9EDE8A

tetradic

#8A9EDE #DE8AC8 #DECA8A #8ADEA0

square

#8A9EDE #DE8AC8 #DECA8A #8ADEA0

split-complementary

#8A9EDE #DEA08A #C8DE8A

monochromatic

#3454B9 #5A76D1 #8A9EDE #BAC6EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8A9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#8A9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EDE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EDE	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbae8',
    500: '#8a9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ede;
$custom-light: #afbae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EDE

secondary

#EDE8D6

accent

#9D22C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EDE

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

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