#8A85AE#8A85AE

#8A85AE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.061 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A85AE
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(247, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(247, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 10.71, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 23.51, 297.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.021 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.061 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5070, 25.2340, 43.5103)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A85AE #A9AE85

analogous

#8594AE #8A85AE #9E85AE

triadic

#8A85AE #AE8A85 #85AE8A

tetradic

#8A85AE #AE8594 #A9AE85 #85AE9E

square

#8A85AE #AE8594 #A9AE85 #85AE9E

split-complementary

#8A85AE #AE9E85 #94AE85

monochromatic

#4E4A6F #686294 #8A85AE #ADAAC6 #D1CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A85AE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A85AE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.061 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8c6',
    500: '#8a85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a85ae;
$custom-light: #aca8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.317,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.06111,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A85AE

secondary

#CDCFC0

accent

#9F4794

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A85AE

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

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