#8A8BC0#8A8BC0

#8A8BC0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.079 H 283.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BC0
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(239, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 11.65, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 30.00, 292.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0179 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.079 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2258, 27.6736, 53.6607)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BC0 #C0BF8A

analogous

#8AA6C0 #8A8BC0 #A48AC0

triadic

#8A8BC0 #C08A8B #8BC08A

tetradic

#8A8BC0 #C08AA6 #C0BF8A #8AC0A4

square

#8A8BC0 #C08AA6 #C0BF8A #8AC0A4

split-complementary

#8A8BC0 #C0A48A #A6C08A

monochromatic

#494A87 #6264AB #8A8BC0 #B2B2D5 #DADAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BC0

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BC0	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C91C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.079 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd3',
    500: '#8a8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bc0;
$custom-light: #adacd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.889,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BC0

secondary

#DCDCCA

accent

#A73DA9

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BC0

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

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