#8A8BB6#8A8BB6

#8A8BB6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.064 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB6
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(239, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(239, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 9.16, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 24.37, 292.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0148 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.064 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1552, 27.2454, 48.0224)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB6 #B6B58A

analogous

#8AA1B6 #8A8BB6 #9F8AB6

triadic

#8A8BB6 #B68A8B #8BB68A

tetradic

#8A8BB6 #B68AA1 #B6B58A #8AB69F

square

#8A8BB6 #B68AA1 #B6B58A #8AB69F

split-complementary

#8A8BB6 #B69F8A #A1B68A

monochromatic

#4C4D7A #64669E #8A8BB6 #B0B0CE #D5D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB6	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8090B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.064 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccc',
    500: '#8a8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb6;
$custom-light: #adaccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.636,
    "s": 23.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.06383,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB6

secondary

#D6D5C6

accent

#9F44A2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →