#8A85AC#8A85AC

#8A85AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.058 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A85AC
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 172)
HSL	hsl(248, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 10.24, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 22.38, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0204 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.058 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3134, 25.1566, 42.4911)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A85AC #A7AC85

analogous

#8594AC #8A85AC #9D85AC

triadic

#8A85AC #AC8A85 #85AC8A

tetradic

#8A85AC #AC8594 #A7AC85 #85AC9D

square

#8A85AC #AC8594 #A7AC85 #85AC9D

split-complementary

#8A85AC #AC9D85 #94AC85

monochromatic

#4E4A6D #696391 #8A85AC #ADA9C5 #D0CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8A85AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8A85AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A85AC

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A85AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A85AC	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a85ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.058 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8c4',
    500: '#8a85ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a85ac;
$custom-light: #aca8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a85ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.692,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A85AC

secondary

#CCCEBF

accent

#BC6CB1

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A85AC

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

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