#8A88BB#8A88BB

#8A88BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.076 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88BB
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 12.13, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 29.00, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0207 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.076 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2528, 26.5989, 50.6496)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88BB #B9BB88

analogous

#889FBB #8A88BB #A388BB

triadic

#8A88BB #BB8A88 #88BB8A

tetradic

#8A88BB #BB889F #B9BB88 #88BBA3

square

#8A88BB #BB889F #B9BB88 #88BBA3

split-complementary

#8A88BB #BBA388 #9FBB88

monochromatic

#4B4980 #6461A5 #8A88BB #B0AFD1 #D7D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A88BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#8A88BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88BB

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88BB	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.076 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaacf',
    500: '#8a88bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88bb;
$custom-light: #adaacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64769,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88BB

secondary

#D8D8C6

accent

#A640A2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88BB

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

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