#8A9FD8#8A9FD8

#8A9FD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.087 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9FD8
RGB	rgb(138, 159, 216)
HSL	hsl(224, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(224, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 6.42, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 32.01, 281.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0022 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.087 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2704, 35.1559, 69.8798)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9FD8 #D8C38A

analogous

#8AC6D8 #8A9FD8 #9C8AD8

triadic

#8A9FD8 #D88A9F #9FD88A

tetradic

#8A9FD8 #D88AC6 #D8C38A #8AD89C

square

#8A9FD8 #D88AC6 #D8C38A #8AD89C

split-complementary

#8A9FD8 #D89C8A #C6D88A

monochromatic

#3A59AE #5C79C9 #8A9FD8 #B8C5E7 #E6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8A9FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#8A9FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9FD8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9FD8	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 159, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.087 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebbe4',
    500: '#8a9fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9fd8;
$custom-light: #aebbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9FD8

secondary

#EAE4D4

accent

#9528BD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9FD8

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

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