#8A8BB4#8A8BB4

#8A8BB4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.061 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB4
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(239, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 8.68, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 23.24, 291.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0142 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.061 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9500, 27.1633, 46.9416)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB4 #B4B38A

analogous

#8AA0B4 #8A8BB4 #9E8AB4

triadic

#8A8BB4 #B48A8B #8BB48A

tetradic

#8A8BB4 #B48AA0 #B4B38A #8AB49E

square

#8A8BB4 #B48AA0 #B4B38A #8AB49E

split-complementary

#8A8BB4 #B49E8A #A0B48A

monochromatic

#4C4D77 #65669C #8A8BB4 #AFB0CC #D5D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB4	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8090B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.061 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacca',
    500: '#8a8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb4;
$custom-light: #adacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65085,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB4

secondary

#D5D4C5

accent

#9E45A0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB4

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

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