#8A8DBE#8A8DBE

#8A8DBE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.073 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DBE
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(237, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 9.99, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 27.69, 291.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0145 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.073 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2980, 28.1700, 52.5990)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DBE #BEBB8A

analogous

#8AA7BE #8A8DBE #A18ABE

triadic

#8A8DBE #BE8A8D #8DBE8A

tetradic

#8A8DBE #BE8AA7 #BEBB8A #8ABEA1

square

#8A8DBE #BE8AA7 #BEBB8A #8ABEA1

split-complementary

#8A8DBE #BEA18A #A7BE8A

monochromatic

#494D84 #6367A8 #8A8DBE #B1B3D4 #D9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DBE

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DBE	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)

#7F93C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.073 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaed1',
    500: '#8a8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dbe;
$custom-light: #adaed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65924,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DBE

secondary

#DBDAC9

accent

#A13EA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DBE

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

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