#8A8BB5#8A8BB5

#8A8BB5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.062 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(239, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(239, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 8.92, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 23.81, 292.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0145 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.062 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0523, 27.2042, 47.4801)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB5 #B5B48A

analogous

#8AA0B5 #8A8BB5 #9F8AB5

triadic

#8A8BB5 #B58A8B #8BB58A

tetradic

#8A8BB5 #B58AA0 #B5B48A #8AB59F

square

#8A8BB5 #B58AA0 #B5B48A #8AB59F

split-complementary

#8A8BB5 #B59F8A #A0B58A

monochromatic

#4C4D78 #65669D #8A8BB5 #AFB0CD #D5D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB5

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB5	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8090B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.062 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccb',
    500: '#8a8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb5;
$custom-light: #adaccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.605,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65127,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB5

secondary

#D5D5C6

accent

#9F45A1

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB5

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

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