#8B85BB#8B85BB

#8B85BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.080 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B85BB
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 187)
HSL	hsl(247, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(247, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 14.19, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 30.88, 297.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0261 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.08 289)
XYZ	xyz(28.0024, 25.8514, 50.5186)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B85BB #B5BB85

analogous

#859ABB #8B85BB #A685BB

triadic

#8B85BB #BB8B85 #85BB8B

tetradic

#8B85BB #BB859A #B5BB85 #85BBA6

square

#8B85BB #BB859A #B5BB85 #85BBA6

split-complementary

#8B85BB #BBA685 #9ABB85

monochromatic

#4D477F #665EA5 #8B85BB #B0ACD1 #D6D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8B85BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8B85BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B85BB

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B85BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B85BB	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b85bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.080 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea8cf',
    500: '#8b85bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b85bb;
$custom-light: #aea8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b85bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.08018,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.25852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B85BB

secondary

#D5D8C4

accent

#A73E9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B85BB

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

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