#8488BB#8488BB

#8488BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.076 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8488BB
RGB	rgb(132, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(236, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(236, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 10.31, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 29.00, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.014 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.076 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2871, 26.1010, 50.6044)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8488BB #BBB784

analogous

#84A4BB #8488BB #9B84BB

triadic

#8488BB #BB8488 #88BB84

tetradic

#8488BB #BB84A4 #BBB784 #84BB9B

square

#8488BB #BB84A4 #BBB784 #84BB9B

split-complementary

#8488BB #BB9B84 #A4BB84

monochromatic

#464A7F #5D62A5 #8488BB #ABAED1 #D3D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8488BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8488BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8488BB

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8488BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8488BB	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8488bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.076 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9aacf',
    500: '#8488bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8488bb;
$custom-light: #a9aacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8488bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.636,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6429,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8488BB

secondary

#D7D6C3

accent

#A03EA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8488BB

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

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