#8A9FE5#8A9FE5

#8A9FE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9FE5
RGB	rgb(138, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 9.93, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 38.98, 284.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0014 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.105 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0179, 35.8549, 79.0837)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9FE5 #E5D08A

analogous

#8ACDE5 #8A9FE5 #A38AE5

triadic

#8A9FE5 #E58A9F #9FE58A

tetradic

#8A9FE5 #E58ACD #E5D08A #8AE5A3

square

#8A9FE5 #E58ACD #E5D08A #8AE5A3

split-complementary

#8A9FE5 #E5A38A #CDE58A

monochromatic

#2C50C8 #5876DA #8A9FE5 #BCC8F0 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8A9FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8A9FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9FE5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9FE5	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)

#87A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbbed',
    500: '#8a9fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9fe5;
$custom-light: #afbbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9FE5

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A21ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9FE5

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

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