#8FA9DE#8FA9DE

#8FA9DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.083 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA9DE
RGB	rgb(143, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 3.76, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 29.88, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0083 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.083 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6965, 39.4878, 74.6760)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA9DE #DEC48F

analogous

#8FD1DE #8FA9DE #9D8FDE

triadic

#8FA9DE #DE8FA9 #A9DE8F

tetradic

#8FA9DE #DE8FD1 #DEC48F #8FDE9D

square

#8FA9DE #DE8FD1 #DEC48F #8FDE9D

split-complementary

#8FA9DE #DE9D8F #D1DE8F

monochromatic

#3763BB #6085D0 #8FA9DE #BECDEC #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8FA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8FA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA9DE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA9DE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.083 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2e8',
    500: '#8fa9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa9de;
$custom-light: #b2c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.253,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA9DE

secondary

#EFE8DA

accent

#8E24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA9DE

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

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