#8A8AB1#8A8AB1

#8A8AB1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.058 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AB1
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 177)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 22%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 8.53, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 22.15, 292.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.0147 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.058 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5036, 26.7541, 45.3015)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AB1 #B1B18A

analogous

#8A9EB1 #8A8AB1 #9E8AB1

triadic

#8A8AB1 #B18A8A #8AB18A

tetradic

#8A8AB1 #B18A9E #B1B18A #8AB19E

square

#8A8AB1 #B18A9E #B1B18A #8AB19E

split-complementary

#8A8AB1 #B19E8A #9EB18A

monochromatic

#4D4D74 #666698 #8A8AB1 #AFAFC9 #D3D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8A8AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AB1

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AB1	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.058 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc8',
    500: '#8a8ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ab1;
$custom-light: #acacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.0579,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AB1

secondary

#D3D3C4

accent

#9E479E

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AB1

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

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