#8A89BE#8A89BE

#8A89BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.079 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A89BE
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 190)
HSL	hsl(241, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(241, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 27.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 12.30, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 30.08, 294.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0201 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.079 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7188, 27.0117, 52.4059)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A89BE #BDBE89

analogous

#89A3BE #8A89BE #A589BE

triadic

#8A89BE #BE8A89 #89BE8A

tetradic

#8A89BE #BE89A3 #BDBE89 #89BEA5

square

#8A89BE #BE89A3 #BDBE89 #89BEA5

split-complementary

#8A89BE #BEA589 #A3BE89

monochromatic

#4A4984 #6362A8 #8A89BE #B1B0D4 #D8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A89BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A89BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A89BE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A89BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A89BE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a89be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.079 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adabd1',
    500: '#8a89be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a89be;
$custom-light: #adabd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a89be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.132,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A89BE

secondary

#DADBC8

accent

#A83EA6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A89BE

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

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