#8A8BC5#8A8BC5

#8A8BC5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BC5
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(239, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(239, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 12.92, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 32.80, 293.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0193 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.086 283)
XYZ	xyz(29.7892, 27.8990, 56.6280)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BC5 #C5C48A

analogous

#8AA8C5 #8A8BC5 #A68AC5

triadic

#8A8BC5 #C58A8B #8BC58A

tetradic

#8A8BC5 #C58AA8 #C5C48A #8AC5A6

square

#8A8BC5 #C58AA8 #C5C48A #8AC5A6

split-complementary

#8A8BC5 #C5A68A #A8C58A

monochromatic

#46488E #6162B1 #8A8BC5 #B3B4D9 #DCDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8A8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BC5

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BC5	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A92C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B96A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacd6',
    500: '#8a8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bc5;
$custom-light: #adacd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.983,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65828,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BC5

secondary

#DFDFCC

accent

#AB39AD

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BC5

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

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