#8A8CB8#8A8CB8

#8A8CB8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.065 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CB8
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(237, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(237, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 9.08, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 24.90, 291.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.014 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.065 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5089, 27.6195, 49.1672)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CB8 #B8B68A

analogous

#8AA3B8 #8A8CB8 #9F8AB8

triadic

#8A8CB8 #B88A8C #8CB88A

tetradic

#8A8CB8 #B88AA3 #B8B68A #8AB89F

square

#8A8CB8 #B88AA3 #B8B68A #8AB89F

split-complementary

#8A8CB8 #B89F8A #A3B88A

monochromatic

#4B4E7C #6467A1 #8A8CB8 #B0B1CF #D6D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A8CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CB8

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CB8	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.065 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadcd',
    500: '#8a8cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cb8;
$custom-light: #adadcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 24.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CB8

secondary

#D7D6C7

accent

#9F43A3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CB8

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

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