#8987BC#8987BC

#8987BC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.079 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8987BC
RGB	rgb(137, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 12.66, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 30.17, 294.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0213 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.079 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0553, 26.2766, 51.1610)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8987BC #BABC87

analogous

#879FBC #8987BC #A387BC

triadic

#8987BC #BC8987 #87BC89

tetradic

#8987BC #BC879F #BABC87 #87BCA3

square

#8987BC #BC879F #BABC87 #87BCA3

split-complementary

#8987BC #BCA387 #9FBC87

monochromatic

#4A4881 #6260A6 #8987BC #B0AED2 #D6D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8987BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#8987BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8987BC

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8987BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8987BC	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8987bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.079 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9d0',
    500: '#8987bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8987bc;
$custom-light: #aca9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8987bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8987BC

secondary

#D8D9C6

accent

#A73FA3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8987BC

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

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