#8A8BB2#8A8BB2

#8A8BB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.058 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB2
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(239, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 8.20, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 22.11, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0135 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.058 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7478, 27.0824, 45.8764)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB2 #B2B18A

analogous

#8A9FB2 #8A8BB2 #9D8AB2

triadic

#8A8BB2 #B28A8B #8BB28A

tetradic

#8A8BB2 #B28A9F #B2B18A #8AB29D

square

#8A8BB2 #B28A9F #B2B18A #8AB29D

split-complementary

#8A8BB2 #B29D8A #9FB28A

monochromatic

#4D4E75 #65669A #8A8BB2 #AFB0CA #D4D4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB2	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)

#818FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.058 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc9',
    500: '#8a8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb2;
$custom-light: #acacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65003,
    "c": 0.05791,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB2

secondary

#D3D3C5

accent

#9D479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB2

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

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