#8A91BE#8A91BE

#8A91BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.067 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91BE
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 190)
HSL	hsl(232, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 23.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 7.69, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 25.38, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0088 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.067 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8984, 29.3710, 52.7991)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91BE #BEB78A

analogous

#8AABBE #8A91BE #9D8ABE

triadic

#8A91BE #BE8A91 #91BE8A

tetradic

#8A91BE #BE8AAB #BEB78A #8ABE9D

square

#8A91BE #BE8AAB #BEB78A #8ABE9D

split-complementary

#8A91BE #BE9D8A #ABBE8A

monochromatic

#495184 #636CA8 #8A91BE #B1B6D4 #D9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A91BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A91BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91BE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91BE	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	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)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.067 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb1d1',
    500: '#8a91be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91be;
$custom-light: #adb1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.923,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66752,
    "c": 0.06722,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91BE

secondary

#DBD8C9

accent

#993EA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91BE

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

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