#8A8BDB#8A8BDB

#8A8BDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.118 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BDB
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(239, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(239, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 18.74, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 45.07, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0248 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.118 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4964, 28.9818, 70.8859)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BDB #DBDA8A

analogous

#8AB4DB #8A8BDB #B18ADB

triadic

#8A8BDB #DB8A8B #8BDB8A

tetradic

#8A8BDB #DB8AB4 #DBDA8A #8ADBB1

square

#8A8BDB #DB8AB4 #DBDA8A #8ADBB1

split-complementary

#8A8BDB #DBB18A #B4DB8A

monochromatic

#3739B3 #5B5DCD #8A8BDB #B9B9E9 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BDB

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BDB	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7195DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.118 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aface6',
    500: '#8a8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bdb;
$custom-light: #aface6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.259,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66892,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BDB

secondary

#ECEBD5

accent

#BE25C0

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BDB

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

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