#8A9EEC#8A9EEC

#8A9EEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EEC
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 236)
HSL	hsl(228, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 33.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 12.44, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 43.30, 286.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0045 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.116 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8438, 35.9112, 84.2781)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EEC #ECD88A

analogous

#8ACFEC #8A9EEC #A78AEC

triadic

#8A9EEC #EC8A9E #9EEC8A

tetradic

#8A9EEC #EC8ACF #ECD88A #8AECA7

square

#8A9EEC #EC8ACF #ECD88A #8AECA7

split-complementary

#8A9EEC #ECA78A #CFEC8A

monochromatic

#2348D8 #5572E3 #8A9EEC #BFCAF5 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8A9EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8A9EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EEC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EEC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AAEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0baf2',
    500: '#8a9eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9eec;
$custom-light: #b0baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EEC

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AC11D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EEC

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

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