#8A8EB8#8A8EB8

#8A8EB8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.063 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EB8
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(235, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 7.93, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 23.74, 289.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0112 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.063 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8038, 28.2093, 49.2655)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EB8 #B8B48A

analogous

#8AA5B8 #8A8EB8 #9D8AB8

triadic

#8A8EB8 #B88A8E #8EB88A

tetradic

#8A8EB8 #B88AA5 #B8B48A #8AB89D

square

#8A8EB8 #B88AA5 #B8B48A #8AB89D

split-complementary

#8A8EB8 #B89D8A #A5B88A

monochromatic

#4B507C #6469A1 #8A8EB8 #B0B3CF #D6D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A8EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#8A8EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EB8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EB8	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)

#8392BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F959C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.063 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafcd',
    500: '#8a8eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eb8;
$custom-light: #adafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 24.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65875,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EB8

secondary

#D7D6C7

accent

#9B43A3

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EB8

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

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