#8A8ABA#8A8ABA

#8A8ABA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.071 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ABA
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 10.73, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 27.23, 293.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0175 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.071 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4304, 27.1248, 50.1826)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ABA #BABA8A

analogous

#8AA2BA #8A8ABA #A28ABA

triadic

#8A8ABA #BA8A8A #8ABA8A

tetradic

#8A8ABA #BA8AA2 #BABA8A #8ABAA2

square

#8A8ABA #BA8AA2 #BABA8A #8ABAA2

split-complementary

#8A8ABA #BAA28A #A2BA8A

monochromatic

#4B4B7F #6464A3 #8A8ABA #B0B0D1 #D7D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ABA

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ABA	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.071 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccf',
    500: '#8a8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aba;
$custom-light: #adaccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ABA

secondary

#D8D8C7

accent

#A441A4

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ABA

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

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