#8A8EB4#8A8EB4

#8A8EB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.057 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EB4
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(234, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(234, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 6.95, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 21.49, 288.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0099 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.057 280)
XYZ	xyz(28.3904, 28.0440, 47.0884)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EB4 #B4B08A

analogous

#8AA3B4 #8A8EB4 #9B8AB4

triadic

#8A8EB4 #B48A8E #8EB48A

tetradic

#8A8EB4 #B48AA3 #B4B08A #8AB49B

square

#8A8EB4 #B48AA3 #B4B08A #8AB49B

split-complementary

#8A8EB4 #B49B8A #A3B48A

monochromatic

#4C5077 #656A9C #8A8EB4 #AFB2CC #D5D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EB4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EB4	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)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.057 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafca',
    500: '#8a8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eb4;
$custom-light: #acafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6571,
    "c": 0.05661,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EB4

secondary

#D5D3C5

accent

#9845A0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EB4

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

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