#8A9EED#8A9EED

#8A9EED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EED
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 12.72, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 43.84, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0048 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.118 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9895, 35.9695, 85.0454)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EED #EDD98A

analogous

#8ACFED #8A9EED #A78AED

triadic

#8A9EED #ED8A9E #9EED8A

tetradic

#8A9EED #ED8ACF #EDD98A #8AEDA7

square

#8A9EED #ED8ACF #EDD98A #8AEDA7

split-complementary

#8A9EED #EDA78A #CFED8A

monochromatic

#2247DB #5572E5 #8A9EED #BFCAF5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8A9EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8A9EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EED

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EED	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0baf3',
    500: '#8a9eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9eed;
$custom-light: #b0baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.879,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71574,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AE10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EED

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

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