#8A8BBD#8A8BBD

#8A8BBD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.074 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BBD
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(239, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(239, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 10.89, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 28.31, 292.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.017 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.074 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8968, 27.5420, 51.9279)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BBD #BDBC8A

analogous

#8AA5BD #8A8BBD #A38ABD

triadic

#8A8BBD #BD8A8B #8BBD8A

tetradic

#8A8BBD #BD8AA5 #BDBC8A #8ABDA3

square

#8A8BBD #BD8AA5 #BDBC8A #8ABDA3

split-complementary

#8A8BBD #BDA38A #A5BD8A

monochromatic

#4A4B83 #6364A7 #8A8BBD #B1B2D3 #D8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8A8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BBD

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BBD	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D91BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.074 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd1',
    500: '#8a8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bbd;
$custom-light: #adacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6547,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BBD

secondary

#DADAC9

accent

#A43FA6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BBD

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

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