#8A91BD#8A91BD

#8A91BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.066 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91BD
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 189)
HSL	hsl(232, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 23.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 7.44, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 24.82, 287.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0085 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.066 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7895, 29.3274, 52.2255)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91BD #BDB68A

analogous

#8AABBD #8A91BD #9D8ABD

triadic

#8A91BD #BD8A91 #91BD8A

tetradic

#8A91BD #BD8AAB #BDB68A #8ABD9D

square

#8A91BD #BD8AAB #BDB68A #8ABD9D

split-complementary

#8A91BD #BD9D8A #ABBD8A

monochromatic

#4A5283 #636CA7 #8A91BD #B1B6D3 #D8DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A91BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A91BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91BD

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91BD	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.066 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb1d1',
    500: '#8a91bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91bd;
$custom-light: #adb1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.765,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66709,
    "c": 0.06576,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91BD

secondary

#DAD8C9

accent

#983FA6

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91BD

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

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