#8488CD#8488CD

#8488CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.103 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8488CD
RGB	rgb(132, 136, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(237, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 15.05, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 39.11, 292.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0189 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.103 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3362, 26.9206, 61.3963)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8488CD #CDC984

analogous

#84ACCD #8488CD #A484CD

triadic

#8488CD #CD8488 #88CD84

tetradic

#8488CD #CD84AC #CDC984 #84CDA4

square

#8488CD #CD84AC #CDC984 #84CDA4

split-complementary

#8488CD #CDA484 #ACCD84

monochromatic

#3E4399 #585EBB #8488CD #B0B2DF #DBDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8488CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8488CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8488CD

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8488CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8488CD	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7095A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8488cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 136, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.103 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaadc',
    500: '#8488cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8488cd;
$custom-light: #aaaadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8488cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.712,
    "s": 42.197,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65136,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8488CD

secondary

#E2E1CA

accent

#AE30B5

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8488CD

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

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