#8A8BB8#8A8BB8

#8A8BB8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.067 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BB8
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(239, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(239, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 9.65, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 25.50, 292.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0155 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.067 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3634, 27.3286, 49.1187)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BB8 #B8B78A

analogous

#8AA2B8 #8A8BB8 #A08AB8

triadic

#8A8BB8 #B88A8B #8BB88A

tetradic

#8A8BB8 #B88AA2 #B8B78A #8AB8A0

square

#8A8BB8 #B88AA2 #B8B78A #8AB8A0

split-complementary

#8A8BB8 #B8A08A #A2B88A

monochromatic

#4B4C7C #6465A1 #8A8BB8 #B0B1CF #D6D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A8BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A8BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BB8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BB8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F90BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.067 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccd',
    500: '#8a8bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bb8;
$custom-light: #adaccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 24.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65254,
    "c": 0.06678,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BB8

secondary

#D7D7C7

accent

#A143A3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BB8

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

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