#8A8DBD#8A8DBD

#8A8DBD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.071 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DBD
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 9.74, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 27.13, 291.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0142 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.071 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1890, 28.1265, 52.0253)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DBD #BDBA8A

analogous

#8AA7BD #8A8DBD #A18ABD

triadic

#8A8DBD #BD8A8D #8DBD8A

tetradic

#8A8DBD #BD8AA7 #BDBA8A #8ABDA1

square

#8A8DBD #BD8AA7 #BDBA8A #8ABDA1

split-complementary

#8A8DBD #BDA18A #A7BD8A

monochromatic

#4A4D83 #6367A7 #8A8DBD #B1B3D3 #D8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DBD

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DBD	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.071 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaed1',
    500: '#8a8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dbd;
$custom-light: #adaed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65881,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DBD

secondary

#DAD9C9

accent

#A03FA6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DBD

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

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