#8987BF#8987BF

#8987BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.083 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8987BF
RGB	rgb(137, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(242, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 13.42, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 31.86, 294.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0221 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.083 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3820, 26.4073, 52.8819)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8987BF #BDBF87

analogous

#87A1BF #8987BF #A587BF

triadic

#8987BF #BF8987 #87BF89

tetradic

#8987BF #BF87A1 #BDBF87 #87BFA5

square

#8987BF #BF87A1 #BDBF87 #87BFA5

split-complementary

#8987BF #BFA587 #A1BF87

monochromatic

#494785 #625FAA #8987BF #B0AFD4 #D7D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8987BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8987BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8987BF

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8987BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8987BF	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8987bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.083 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9d2',
    500: '#8987bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8987bf;
$custom-light: #aca9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8987bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8987BF

secondary

#DADBC7

accent

#A93CA5

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8987BF

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

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