#8A85AA#8A85AA

#8A85AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.055 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A85AA
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 170)
HSL	hsl(248, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(248, 22%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 9.77, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 21.25, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.0197 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.055 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1228, 25.0803, 41.4871)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A85AA #A5AA85

analogous

#8593AA #8A85AA #9D85AA

triadic

#8A85AA #AA8A85 #85AA8A

tetradic

#8A85AA #AA8593 #A5AA85 #85AA9D

square

#8A85AA #AA8593 #A5AA85 #85AA9D

split-complementary

#8A85AA #AA9D85 #93AA85

monochromatic

#4F4A6A #69638F #8A85AA #ADA9C3 #CFCDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A85AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A85AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A85AA

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A85AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A85AA	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a85aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.055 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8c3',
    500: '#8a85aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a85aa;
$custom-light: #aca8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a85aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.108,
    "s": 17.874,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A85AA

secondary

#CBCDBE

accent

#BB6DB0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A85AA

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

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