#8A9EE3#8A9EE3

#8A9EE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EE3
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(227, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 9.95, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 38.45, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0022 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.104 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5690, 35.4013, 77.5644)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EE3 #E3CF8A

analogous

#8ACBE3 #8A9EE3 #A38AE3

triadic

#8A9EE3 #E38A9E #9EE38A

tetradic

#8A9EE3 #E38ACB #E3CF8A #8AE3A3

square

#8A9EE3 #E38ACB #E3CF8A #8AE3A3

split-complementary

#8A9EE3 #E3A38A #CBE38A

monochromatic

#2F50C4 #5975D7 #8A9EE3 #BBC7EF #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8A9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8A9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EE3

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EE3	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaec',
    500: '#8a9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ee3;
$custom-light: #afbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.517,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EE3

secondary

#F0EBD9

accent

#A21CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EE3

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

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