#8A8EB7#8A8EB7

#8A8EB7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.061 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EB7
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(235, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 7.68, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 23.17, 289.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0108 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.061 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6993, 28.1675, 48.7154)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EB7 #B7B38A

analogous

#8AA4B7 #8A8EB7 #9C8AB7

triadic

#8A8EB7 #B78A8E #8EB78A

tetradic

#8A8EB7 #B78AA4 #B7B38A #8AB79C

square

#8A8EB7 #B78AA4 #B7B38A #8AB79C

split-complementary

#8A8EB7 #B79C8A #A4B78A

monochromatic

#4C507B #6469A0 #8A8EB7 #B0B3CE #D6D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A8EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A8EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EB7

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EB7	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)

#8392B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F959C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.061 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafcc',
    500: '#8a8eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eb7;
$custom-light: #adafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.667,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65834,
    "c": 0.06103,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EB7

secondary

#D6D5C6

accent

#9A43A2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EB7

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

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