#8A8DBA#8A8DBA

#8A8DBA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.067 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DBA
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 186)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(236, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 8.99, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 25.44, 290.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0132 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.067 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8668, 27.9975, 50.3280)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DBA #BAB78A

analogous

#8AA5BA #8A8DBA #9F8ABA

triadic

#8A8DBA #BA8A8D #8DBA8A

tetradic

#8A8DBA #BA8AA5 #BAB78A #8ABA9F

square

#8A8DBA #BA8AA5 #BAB78A #8ABA9F

split-complementary

#8A8DBA #BA9F8A #A5BA8A

monochromatic

#4B4E7F #6467A3 #8A8DBA #B0B3D1 #D7D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8A8DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DBA

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DBA	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F959C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.067 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaecf',
    500: '#8a8dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dba;
$custom-light: #adaecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65752,
    "c": 0.06685,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DBA

secondary

#D8D7C7

accent

#9E41A4

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DBA

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

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