#8A8DBB#8A8DBB

#8A8DBB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.068 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DBB
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(236, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 9.24, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 26.00, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0136 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.068 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9734, 28.0402, 50.8899)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DBB #BBB88A

analogous

#8AA5BB #8A8DBB #9F8ABB

triadic

#8A8DBB #BB8A8D #8DBB8A

tetradic

#8A8DBB #BB8AA5 #BBB88A #8ABB9F

square

#8A8DBB #BB8AA5 #BBB88A #8ABB9F

split-complementary

#8A8DBB #BB9F8A #A5BB8A

monochromatic

#4A4E80 #6367A5 #8A8DBB #B1B3D1 #D7D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A8DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DBB

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DBB	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E959D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.068 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaecf',
    500: '#8a8dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dbb;
$custom-light: #adaecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.06833,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DBB

secondary

#D9D8C8

accent

#9F40A5

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DBB

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

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