#8A8ABE#8A8ABE

#8A8ABE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.077 H 284.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ABE
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 11.72, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 29.48, 293.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0187 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.077 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8616, 27.2973, 52.4535)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ABE #BEBE8A

analogous

#8AA4BE #8A8ABE #A48ABE

triadic

#8A8ABE #BE8A8A #8ABE8A

tetradic

#8A8ABE #BE8AA4 #BEBE8A #8ABEA4

square

#8A8ABE #BE8AA4 #BEBE8A #8ABEA4

split-complementary

#8A8ABE #BEA48A #A4BE8A

monochromatic

#494984 #6363A8 #8A8ABE #B1B1D4 #D9D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ABE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ABE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C90C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.077 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd1',
    500: '#8a8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8abe;
$custom-light: #adacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65309,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ABE

secondary

#DBDBC9

accent

#A73EA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ABE

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

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