#8487AE#8487AE

#8487AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.058 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8487AE
RGB	rgb(132, 135, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 7.63, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 22.24, 290.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0113 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.058 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8178, 25.2889, 43.5572)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8487AE #AEAB84

analogous

#849CAE #8487AE #9684AE

triadic

#8487AE #AE8487 #87AE84

tetradic

#8487AE #AE849C #AEAB84 #84AE96

square

#8487AE #AE849C #AEAB84 #84AE96

split-complementary

#8487AE #AE9684 #9CAE84

monochromatic

#494C6F #616594 #8487AE #A9ABC6 #CECFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8487AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8487AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8487AE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8487AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8487AE	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8487ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 135, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.058 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a9c6',
    500: '#8487ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8487ae;
$custom-light: #a8a9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8487ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.05846,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8487AE

secondary

#CFCEBF

accent

#B76BBD

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8487AE

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

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