#8A8CB9#8A8CB9

#8A8CB9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.067 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CB9
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(237, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(237, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 9.32, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 25.47, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0144 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.067 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6140, 27.6616, 49.7212)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CB9 #B9B78A

analogous

#8AA3B9 #8A8CB9 #9F8AB9

triadic

#8A8CB9 #B98A8C #8CB98A

tetradic

#8A8CB9 #B98AA3 #B9B78A #8AB99F

square

#8A8CB9 #B98AA3 #B9B78A #8AB99F

split-complementary

#8A8CB9 #B99F8A #A3B98A

monochromatic

#4B4D7E #6466A2 #8A8CB9 #B0B2D0 #D7D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CB9

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CB9	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.067 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadce',
    500: '#8a8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cb9;
$custom-light: #adadce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.0668,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CB9

secondary

#D8D7C7

accent

#9F42A4

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CB9

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

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