#8A9EE8#8A9EE8

#8A9EE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EE8
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 232)
HSL	hsl(227, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 11.33, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 41.14, 285.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0035 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.111 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2692, 35.6814, 81.2517)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EE8 #E8D48A

analogous

#8ACDE8 #8A9EE8 #A58AE8

triadic

#8A9EE8 #E88A9E #9EE88A

tetradic

#8A9EE8 #E88ACD #E8D48A #8AE8A5

square

#8A9EE8 #E88ACD #E8D48A #8AE8A5

split-complementary

#8A9EE8 #E8A58A #CDE88A

monochromatic

#294CCF #5774DE #8A9EE8 #BDC8F2 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8A9EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8A9EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EE8

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EE8	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaef',
    500: '#8a9ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ee8;
$custom-light: #afbaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EE8

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A816CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EE8

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

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