#8A8ABB#8A8ABB

#8A8ABB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.073 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ABB
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 10.97, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 27.79, 293.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0178 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.073 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5371, 27.1675, 50.7444)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ABB #BBBB8A

analogous

#8AA2BB #8A8ABB #A28ABB

triadic

#8A8ABB #BB8A8A #8ABB8A

tetradic

#8A8ABB #BB8AA2 #BBBB8A #8ABBA2

square

#8A8ABB #BB8AA2 #BBBB8A #8ABBA2

split-complementary

#8A8ABB #BBA28A #A2BB8A

monochromatic

#4A4A80 #6363A5 #8A8ABB #B1B1D1 #D7D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ABB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ABB	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F939B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.073 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccf',
    500: '#8a8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8abb;
$custom-light: #adaccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65177,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ABB

secondary

#D9D9C8

accent

#A540A5

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ABB

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

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