#8A81BB#8A81BB

#8A81BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A81BB
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(249, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(249, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 16.21, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 33.37, 299.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0307 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.086 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2989, 24.6912, 50.3317)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A81BB #B2BB81

analogous

#8195BB #8A81BB #A781BB

triadic

#8A81BB #BB8A81 #81BB8A

tetradic

#8A81BB #BB8195 #B2BB81 #81BBA7

square

#8A81BB #BB8195 #B2BB81 #81BBA7

split-complementary

#8A81BB #BBA781 #95BB81

monochromatic

#4D447E #6559A5 #8A81BB #AFA9D0 #D4D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A81BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A81BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A81BB

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A81BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A81BB	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7289BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a81bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada5cf',
    500: '#8a81bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a81bb;
$custom-light: #ada5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a81bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.31,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63359,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A81BB

secondary

#D3D7C1

accent

#A93D98

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A81BB

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

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