#8A8BC3#8A8BC3

#8A8BC3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.083 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BC3
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(239, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 12.41, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 31.68, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0188 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.083 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5616, 27.8079, 55.4291)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BC3 #C3C28A

analogous

#8AA8C3 #8A8BC3 #A58AC3

triadic

#8A8BC3 #C38A8B #8BC38A

tetradic

#8A8BC3 #C38AA8 #C3C28A #8AC3A5

square

#8A8BC3 #C38AA8 #C3C28A #8AC3A5

split-complementary

#8A8BC3 #C3A58A #A8C38A

monochromatic

#47498B #6263AE #8A8BC3 #B2B3D8 #DBDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BC3

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BC3	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B92C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.083 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd5',
    500: '#8a8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bc3;
$custom-light: #adacd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.947,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BC3

secondary

#DEDECB

accent

#A93BAB

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BC3

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

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