#8A9EE2#8A9EE2

#8A9EE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EE2
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 9.68, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 37.91, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0019 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.102 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4314, 35.3463, 76.8397)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EE2 #E2CE8A

analogous

#8ACAE2 #8A9EE2 #A28AE2

triadic

#8A9EE2 #E28A9E #9EE28A

tetradic

#8A9EE2 #E28ACA #E2CE8A #8AE2A2

square

#8A9EE2 #E28ACA #E2CE8A #8AE2A2

split-complementary

#8A9EE2 #E2A28A #CAE28A

monochromatic

#3051C2 #5975D6 #8A9EE2 #BBC7EE #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8A9EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#8A9EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EE2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EE2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaeb',
    500: '#8a9ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ee2;
$custom-light: #afbaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EE2

secondary

#EFEAD8

accent

#A11EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EE2

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

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