#8A87AF#8A87AF

#8A87AF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.059 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A87AF
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 175)
HSL	hsl(245, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(245, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 9.79, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 22.84, 295.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0184 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.059 288)
XYZ	xyz(26.8812, 25.8260, 44.1178)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A87AF #ACAF87

analogous

#8798AF #8A87AF #9E87AF

triadic

#8A87AF #AF8A87 #87AF8A

tetradic

#8A87AF #AF8798 #ACAF87 #87AF9E

square

#8A87AF #AF8798 #ACAF87 #87AF9E

split-complementary

#8A87AF #AF9E87 #98AF87

monochromatic

#4E4B71 #676495 #8A87AF #AEACC7 #D2D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A87AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8A87AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A87AF

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A87AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A87AF	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a87af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.059 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9c7',
    500: '#8a87af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a87af;
$custom-light: #aca9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a87af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.05947,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.25826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A87AF

secondary

#CFD0C1

accent

#9E4798

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A87AF

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

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