#8A9EE7#8A9EE7

#8A9EE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EE7
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 231)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(227, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 11.05, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 40.60, 285.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0032 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.109 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1275, 35.6247, 80.5058)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EE7 #E7D38A

analogous

#8ACCE7 #8A9EE7 #A58AE7

triadic

#8A9EE7 #E78A9E #9EE78A

tetradic

#8A9EE7 #E78ACC #E7D38A #8AE7A5

square

#8A9EE7 #E78ACC #E7D38A #8AE7A5

split-complementary

#8A9EE7 #E7A58A #CCE78A

monochromatic

#2A4DCD #5774DD #8A9EE7 #BDC8F1 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8A9EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#8A9EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EE7

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EE7	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaef',
    500: '#8a9ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ee7;
$custom-light: #afbaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.097,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71283,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EE7

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A718CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EE7

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

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