#8A879D#8A879D

#8A879D is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.033 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A879D
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(248, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(248, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 5.66, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 12.62, 296.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0121 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.033 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2298, 25.1654, 35.4200)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A879D #9A9D87

analogous

#878F9D #8A879D #95879D

triadic

#8A879D #9D8A87 #879D8A

tetradic

#8A879D #9D878F #9A9D87 #879D95

square

#8A879D #9D878F #9A9D87 #879D95

split-complementary

#8A879D #9D9587 #8F9D87

monochromatic

#4F4C5D #6B687F #8A879D #ABA9B9 #CCCAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8A879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8A879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A879D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A879D	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)

#828A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.033 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9ba',
    500: '#8a879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a879d;
$custom-light: #aca9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 10.092,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63346,
    "c": 0.0328,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A879D

secondary

#C3C4BB

accent

#B375AB

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A879D

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

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