#8A8ABC#8A8ABC

#8A8ABC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.074 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ABC
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 11.22, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 28.35, 293.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0181 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.074 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6445, 27.2105, 51.3102)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ABC #BCBC8A

analogous

#8AA3BC #8A8ABC #A38ABC

triadic

#8A8ABC #BC8A8A #8ABC8A

tetradic

#8A8ABC #BC8AA3 #BCBC8A #8ABCA3

square

#8A8ABC #BC8AA3 #BCBC8A #8ABCA3

split-complementary

#8A8ABC #BCA38A #A3BC8A

monochromatic

#4A4A81 #6363A6 #8A8ABC #B1B1D2 #D8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ABC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ABC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C90BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E939B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.074 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd0',
    500: '#8a8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8abc;
$custom-light: #adacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65221,
    "c": 0.07412,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ABC

secondary

#DADAC8

accent

#A640A6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ABC

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

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