#8A8EBF#8A8EBF

#8A8EBF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.073 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EBF
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(235, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 9.66, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 27.66, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0134 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.073 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5557, 28.5101, 53.2259)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EBF #BFBB8A

analogous

#8AA9BF #8A8EBF #A18ABF

triadic

#8A8EBF #BF8A8E #8EBF8A

tetradic

#8A8EBF #BF8AA9 #BFBB8A #8ABFA1

square

#8A8EBF #BF8AA9 #BFBB8A #8ABFA1

split-complementary

#8A8EBF #BFA18A #A9BF8A

monochromatic

#494E86 #6268A9 #8A8EBF #B2B4D5 #D9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A8EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8A8EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EBF

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EBF	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D979F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.073 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd2',
    500: '#8a8ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ebf;
$custom-light: #adafd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.472,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EBF

secondary

#DCDAC9

accent

#A03EA8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EBF

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

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