#8980BB#8980BB

#8980BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.088 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8980BB
RGB	rgb(137, 128, 187)
HSL	hsl(249, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(249, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 16.50, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 33.98, 299.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.031 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.088 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0031, 24.3441, 50.2803)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8980BB #B2BB80

analogous

#8095BB #8980BB #A780BB

triadic

#8980BB #BB8980 #80BB89

tetradic

#8980BB #BB8095 #B2BB80 #80BBA7

square

#8980BB #BB8095 #B2BB80 #80BBA7

split-complementary

#8980BB #BBA780 #95BB80

monochromatic

#4C437D #6459A5 #8980BB #AEA8D0 #D3D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8980BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8980BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8980BB

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8980BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8980BB	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8980bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 128, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.088 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4cf',
    500: '#8980bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8980bb;
$custom-light: #aca4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8980bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.153,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8980BB

secondary

#D3D6C0

accent

#A93D98

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8980BB

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

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