#8A8AB7#8A8AB7

#8A8AB7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.067 H 284.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AB7
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 183)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 9.99, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 25.53, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0166 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.067 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1148, 26.9986, 48.5206)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AB7 #B7B78A

analogous

#8AA0B7 #8A8AB7 #A08AB7

triadic

#8A8AB7 #B78A8A #8AB78A

tetradic

#8A8AB7 #B78AA0 #B7B78A #8AB7A0

square

#8A8AB7 #B78AA0 #B7B78A #8AB7A0

split-complementary

#8A8AB7 #B7A08A #A0B78A

monochromatic

#4C4C7B #6464A0 #8A8AB7 #B0B0CE #D6D6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A8AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A8AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AB7

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AB7	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)

#7E8FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.067 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccc',
    500: '#8a8ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ab7;
$custom-light: #adaccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65005,
    "c": 0.06676,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AB7

secondary

#D6D6C6

accent

#A243A2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AB7

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

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