#8A8BB3#8A8BB3

#8A8BB3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.059 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB3
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(239, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 8.44, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 22.68, 291.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0139 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.059 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8485, 27.1227, 46.4071)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB3 #B3B28A

analogous

#8AA0B3 #8A8BB3 #9E8AB3

triadic

#8A8BB3 #B38A8B #8BB38A

tetradic

#8A8BB3 #B38AA0 #B3B28A #8AB39E

square

#8A8BB3 #B38AA0 #B3B28A #8AB39E

split-complementary

#8A8BB3 #B39E8A #A0B38A

monochromatic

#4D4E76 #65669B #8A8BB3 #AFB0CB #D4D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB3

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB3	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)

#8190B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.059 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc9',
    500: '#8a8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb3;
$custom-light: #acacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.537,
    "s": 21.244,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65044,
    "c": 0.05939,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB3

secondary

#D4D4C5

accent

#9D46A0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB3

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

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