#8A81BD#8A81BD

#8A81BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.089 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A81BD
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(249, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(249, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 16.72, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 34.50, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0313 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.089 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5145, 24.7774, 51.4672)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A81BD #B4BD81

analogous

#8196BD #8A81BD #A881BD

triadic

#8A81BD #BD8A81 #81BD8A

tetradic

#8A81BD #BD8196 #B4BD81 #81BDA8

square

#8A81BD #BD8196 #B4BD81 #81BDA8

split-complementary

#8A81BD #BDA881 #96BD81

monochromatic

#4C4380 #6559A8 #8A81BD #AFA9D2 #D5D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A81BD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A81BD	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.089 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada5d1',
    500: '#8a81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a81bd;
$custom-light: #ada5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A81BD

secondary

#D5D8C2

accent

#AA3C99

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A81BD

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

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