#8A8EBC#8A8EBC

#8A8EBC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.068 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EBC
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(235, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 8.91, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 25.98, 290.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0124 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.068 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2290, 28.3794, 51.5050)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EBC #BCB88A

analogous

#8AA7BC #8A8EBC #9F8ABC

triadic

#8A8EBC #BC8A8E #8EBC8A

tetradic

#8A8EBC #BC8AA7 #BCB88A #8ABC9F

square

#8A8EBC #BC8AA7 #BCB88A #8ABC9F

split-complementary

#8A8EBC #BC9F8A #A7BC8A

monochromatic

#4A4F81 #6368A6 #8A8EBC #B1B4D2 #D8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8A8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EBC

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EBC	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.068 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd0',
    500: '#8a8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ebc;
$custom-light: #adafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.06839,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EBC

secondary

#DAD8C8

accent

#9E40A6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EBC

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

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