#8987BB#8987BB

#8987BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.077 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8987BB
RGB	rgb(137, 135, 187)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 12.41, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 29.60, 294.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.021 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.077 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9479, 26.2336, 50.5952)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8987BB #B9BB87

analogous

#879FBB #8987BB #A387BB

triadic

#8987BB #BB8987 #87BB89

tetradic

#8987BB #BB879F #B9BB87 #87BBA3

square

#8987BB #BB879F #B9BB87 #87BBA3

split-complementary

#8987BB #BBA387 #9FBB87

monochromatic

#4A487F #6360A5 #8987BB #AFAED1 #D6D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8987BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8987BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8987BB

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8987BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8987BB	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8987bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 135, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.077 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9cf',
    500: '#8987bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8987bb;
$custom-light: #aca9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8987bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64484,
    "c": 0.07719,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8987BB

secondary

#D7D8C6

accent

#A63FA2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8987BB

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

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