#8A8DB2#8A8DB2

#8A8DB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.055 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DB2
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(236, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 7.05, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 20.94, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0106 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.055 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0400, 27.6668, 45.9738)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DB2 #B2AF8A

analogous

#8AA1B2 #8A8DB2 #9B8AB2

triadic

#8A8DB2 #B28A8D #8DB28A

tetradic

#8A8DB2 #B28AA1 #B2AF8A #8AB29B

square

#8A8DB2 #B28AA1 #B2AF8A #8AB29B

split-complementary

#8A8DB2 #B29B8A #A1B28A

monochromatic

#4D5075 #65699A #8A8DB2 #AFB1CA #D4D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DB2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DB2	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)

#8391B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.055 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaec9',
    500: '#8a8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8db2;
$custom-light: #acaec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6542,
    "c": 0.05505,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DB2

secondary

#D3D2C5

accent

#98479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DB2

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

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