#8A8EBA#8A8EBA

#8A8EBA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.065 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EBA
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(235, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 8.42, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 24.86, 289.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0118 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.065 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0149, 28.2938, 50.3774)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EBA #BAB68A

analogous

#8AA6BA #8A8EBA #9E8ABA

triadic

#8A8EBA #BA8A8E #8EBA8A

tetradic

#8A8EBA #BA8AA6 #BAB68A #8ABA9E

square

#8A8EBA #BA8AA6 #BAB68A #8ABA9E

split-complementary

#8A8EBA #BA9E8A #A6BA8A

monochromatic

#4B4F7F #6469A3 #8A8EBA #B0B3D1 #D7D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EBA

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EBA	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F969D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.065 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafcf',
    500: '#8a8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eba;
$custom-light: #adafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65959,
    "c": 0.06544,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EBA

secondary

#D8D7C7

accent

#9C41A4

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EBA

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

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