#8A8BBC#8A8BBC

#8A8BBC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.073 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BBC
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(239, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(239, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 10.64, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 27.75, 292.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0167 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.073 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7886, 27.4987, 51.3582)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BBC #BCBB8A

analogous

#8AA4BC #8A8BBC #A28ABC

triadic

#8A8BBC #BC8A8B #8BBC8A

tetradic

#8A8BBC #BC8AA4 #BCBB8A #8ABCA2

square

#8A8BBC #BC8AA4 #BCBB8A #8ABCA2

split-complementary

#8A8BBC #BCA28A #A4BC8A

monochromatic

#4A4B81 #6364A6 #8A8BBC #B1B2D2 #D8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BBC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BBC	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E91BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.073 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd0',
    500: '#8a8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bbc;
$custom-light: #adacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65426,
    "c": 0.07267,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BBC

secondary

#DAD9C8

accent

#A440A6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BBC

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

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