#8A88BD#8A88BD

#8A88BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.079 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88BD
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 189)
HSL	hsl(242, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 12.63, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 30.13, 294.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0213 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.079 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4684, 26.6851, 51.7851)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88BD #BBBD88

analogous

#88A0BD #8A88BD #A488BD

triadic

#8A88BD #BD8A88 #88BD8A

tetradic

#8A88BD #BD88A0 #BBBD88 #88BDA4

square

#8A88BD #BD88A0 #BBBD88 #88BDA4

split-complementary

#8A88BD #BDA488 #A0BD88

monochromatic

#4A4882 #6361A7 #8A88BD #B1AFD3 #D7D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A88BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A88BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88BD

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88BD	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.079 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaad1',
    500: '#8a88bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88bd;
$custom-light: #adaad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88BD

secondary

#D9DAC7

accent

#A73EA3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88BD

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

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