#8A89BB#8A89BB

#8A89BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.074 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A89BB
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 187)
HSL	hsl(241, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(241, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 11.55, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 28.39, 294.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0193 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.074 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3943, 26.8819, 50.6968)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A89BB #BABB89

analogous

#89A1BB #8A89BB #A389BB

triadic

#8A89BB #BB8A89 #89BB8A

tetradic

#8A89BB #BB89A1 #BABB89 #89BBA3

square

#8A89BB #BB89A1 #BABB89 #89BBA3

split-complementary

#8A89BB #BBA389 #A1BB89

monochromatic

#4B4A80 #6462A5 #8A89BB #B0B0D1 #D7D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A89BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A89BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A89BB

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A89BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A89BB	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a89bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.074 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adabcf',
    500: '#8a89bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a89bb;
$custom-light: #adabcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a89bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64973,
    "c": 0.07414,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A89BB

secondary

#D8D9C7

accent

#A540A3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A89BB

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

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