#8A8BC2#8A8BC2

#8A8BC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.081 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BC2
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(239, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 12.15, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 31.12, 292.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0185 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.081 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4489, 27.7628, 54.8357)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BC2 #C2C18A

analogous

#8AA7C2 #8A8BC2 #A58AC2

triadic

#8A8BC2 #C28A8B #8BC28A

tetradic

#8A8BC2 #C28AA7 #C2C18A #8AC2A5

square

#8A8BC2 #C28AA7 #C2C18A #8AC2A5

split-complementary

#8A8BC2 #C2A58A #A7C28A

monochromatic

#48498A #6263AD #8A8BC2 #B2B3D7 #DADBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BC2

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BC2	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C92C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.081 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd4',
    500: '#8a8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bc2;
$custom-light: #adacd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.929,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65692,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BC2

secondary

#DDDDCA

accent

#A83BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BC2

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

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