#8A9FEC#8A9FEC

#8A9FEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9FEC
RGB	rgb(138, 159, 236)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 32.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 11.87, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 42.74, 286.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0033 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.115 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0151, 36.2538, 84.3352)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9FEC #ECD78A

analogous

#8AD0EC #8A9FEC #A68AEC

triadic

#8A9FEC #EC8A9F #9FEC8A

tetradic

#8A9FEC #EC8AD0 #ECD78A #8AECA6

square

#8A9FEC #EC8AD0 #ECD78A #8AECA6

split-complementary

#8A9FEC #ECA68A #D0EC8A

monochromatic

#234AD8 #5574E3 #8A9FEC #BFCAF5 #E5E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8A9FEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8A9FEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9FEC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9FEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9FEC	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9fec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 159, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bbf2',
    500: '#8a9fec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9fec;
$custom-light: #b0bbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9fec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9FEC

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AA11D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9FEC

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

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