#8A8DBF#8A8DBF

#8A8DBF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.074 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DBF
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 191)
HSL	hsl(237, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 10.24, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 28.25, 291.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0148 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.074 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4076, 28.2139, 53.1765)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DBF #BFBC8A

analogous

#8AA8BF #8A8DBF #A28ABF

triadic

#8A8DBF #BF8A8D #8DBF8A

tetradic

#8A8DBF #BF8AA8 #BFBC8A #8ABFA2

square

#8A8DBF #BF8AA8 #BFBC8A #8ABFA2

split-complementary

#8A8DBF #BFA28A #A8BF8A

monochromatic

#494C86 #6266A9 #8A8DBF #B2B4D5 #D9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A8DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#8A8DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DBF

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DBF	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.074 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaed2',
    500: '#8a8dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dbf;
$custom-light: #adaed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.604,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65968,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DBF

secondary

#DCDBC9

accent

#A23EA8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DBF

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

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