#8A9EEB#8A9EEB

#8A9EEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EEB
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 235)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 12.16, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 42.76, 286.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0043 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.115 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6989, 35.8533, 83.5151)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EEB #EBD78A

analogous

#8ACEEB #8A9EEB #A68AEB

triadic

#8A9EEB #EB8A9E #9EEB8A

tetradic

#8A9EEB #EB8ACE #EBD78A #8AEBA6

square

#8A9EEB #EB8ACE #EBD78A #8AEBA6

split-complementary

#8A9EEB #EBA68A #CEEB8A

monochromatic

#2549D6 #5673E2 #8A9EEB #BEC9F4 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8A9EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8A9EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EEB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EEB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AAEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0baf1',
    500: '#8a9eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9eeb;
$custom-light: #b0baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.629,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EEB

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AB13D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EEB

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

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