#8A8EBD#8A8EBD

#8A8EBD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.070 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EBD
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(235, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 9.16, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 26.54, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0127 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.07 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3371, 28.4227, 52.0747)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EBD #BDB98A

analogous

#8AA8BD #8A8EBD #A08ABD

triadic

#8A8EBD #BD8A8E #8EBD8A

tetradic

#8A8EBD #BD8AA8 #BDB98A #8ABDA0

square

#8A8EBD #BD8AA8 #BDB98A #8ABDA0

split-complementary

#8A8EBD #BDA08A #A8BD8A

monochromatic

#4A4E83 #6368A7 #8A8EBD #B1B4D3 #D8DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8A8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EBD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EBD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#8193BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.070 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd1',
    500: '#8a8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ebd;
$custom-light: #adafd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66087,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EBD

secondary

#DAD9C9

accent

#9E3FA6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EBD

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

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