#8A88BC#8A88BC

#8A88BC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.077 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88BC
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 12.38, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 29.57, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.021 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.077 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3602, 26.6419, 51.2154)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88BC #BABC88

analogous

#88A0BC #8A88BC #A488BC

triadic

#8A88BC #BC8A88 #88BC8A

tetradic

#8A88BC #BC88A0 #BABC88 #88BCA4

square

#8A88BC #BC88A0 #BABC88 #88BCA4

split-complementary

#8A88BC #BCA488 #A0BC88

monochromatic

#4B4981 #6461A6 #8A88BC #B0AFD2 #D7D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A88BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A88BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88BC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88BC	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.077 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaad0',
    500: '#8a88bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88bc;
$custom-light: #adaad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64813,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88BC

secondary

#D8D9C7

accent

#A73FA3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88BC

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

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