#8A8BC4#8A8BC4

#8A8BC4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.084 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BC4
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(239, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 12.66, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 32.24, 293.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0191 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.084 283)
XYZ	xyz(29.6750, 27.8533, 56.0266)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BC4 #C4C38A

analogous

#8AA8C4 #8A8BC4 #A68AC4

triadic

#8A8BC4 #C48A8B #8BC48A

tetradic

#8A8BC4 #C48AA8 #C4C38A #8AC4A6

square

#8A8BC4 #C48AA8 #C4C38A #8AC4A6

split-complementary

#8A8BC4 #C4A68A #A8C48A

monochromatic

#47488D #6163AF #8A8BC4 #B3B3D9 #DBDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BC4

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BC4	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B92C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.084 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd6',
    500: '#8a8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bc4;
$custom-light: #adacd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.966,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65782,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.27854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BC4

secondary

#DFDECB

accent

#AA3AAC

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BC4

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

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