#8A8BB0#8A8BB0

#8A8BB0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.055 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB0
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(238, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(238, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 7.72, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 20.98, 291.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0129 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.055 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5484, 27.0026, 44.8265)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB0 #B0AF8A

analogous

#8A9EB0 #8A8BB0 #9C8AB0

triadic

#8A8BB0 #B08A8B #8BB08A

tetradic

#8A8BB0 #B08A9E #B0AF8A #8AB09C

square

#8A8BB0 #B08A9E #B0AF8A #8AB09C

split-complementary

#8A8BB0 #B09C8A #9EB08A

monochromatic

#4D4E72 #666797 #8A8BB0 #AFAFC9 #D3D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB0

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB0	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)

#828FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.055 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc7',
    500: '#8a8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb0;
$custom-light: #acacc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 19.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64921,
    "c": 0.05495,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB0

secondary

#D2D2C4

accent

#9B489E

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB0

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

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