#8FA9E7#8FA9E7

#8FA9E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA9E7
RGB	rgb(143, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 6.14, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 34.58, 280.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0056 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.095 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9351, 39.9832, 81.1991)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA9E7 #E7CD8F

analogous

#8FD5E7 #8FA9E7 #A18FE7

triadic

#8FA9E7 #E78FA9 #A9E78F

tetradic

#8FA9E7 #E78FD5 #E7CD8F #8FE7A1

square

#8FA9E7 #E78FD5 #E7CD8F #8FE7A1

split-complementary

#8FA9E7 #E7A18F #D5E78F

monochromatic

#2C5CCF #5D82DC #8FA9E7 #C1D0F2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8FA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8FA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA9E7

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA9E7	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2ef',
    500: '#8fa9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa9e7;
$custom-light: #b2c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73872,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA9E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9719CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA9E7

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

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