#8787A9#8787A9

#8787A9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.051 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8787A9
RGB	rgb(135, 135, 169)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 7.39, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 19.39, 292.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.013 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.051 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8154, 25.3430, 41.0600)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8787A9 #A9A987

analogous

#8798A9 #8787A9 #9887A9

triadic

#8787A9 #A98787 #87A987

tetradic

#8787A9 #A98798 #A9A987 #87A998

square

#8787A9 #A98798 #A9A987 #87A998

split-complementary

#8787A9 #A99887 #98A987

monochromatic

#4C4C6A #65658D #8787A9 #ABABC3 #CECEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8787A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8787A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8787A9

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8787A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8787A9	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8787a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 135, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.051 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa9c2',
    500: '#8787a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8787a9;
$custom-light: #aaa9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8787a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.505,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63557,
    "c": 0.05069,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8787A9

secondary

#CCCCBF

accent

#B96FB9

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8787A9

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

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