#8B85D6#8B85D6

#8B85D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B85D6
RGB	rgb(139, 133, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 50%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(244, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 37.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 21.16, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 45.98, 297.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0328 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.119 286)
XYZ	xyz(31.1693, 27.1181, 67.1974)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B85D6 #D0D685

analogous

#85A8D6 #8B85D6 #B385D6

triadic

#8B85D6 #D68B85 #85D68B

tetradic

#8B85D6 #D685A8 #D0D685 #85D6B3

square

#8B85D6 #D685A8 #D0D685 #85D6B3

split-complementary

#8B85D6 #D6B385 #A8D685

monochromatic

#4138A8 #5F57C7 #8B85D6 #B7B3E5 #E2E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8B85D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8B85D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B85D6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B85D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B85D6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7794A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b85d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 133, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa8e3',
    500: '#8b85d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b85d6;
$custom-light: #afa8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b85d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 49.693,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65546,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B85D6

secondary

#E6E8CF

accent

#BD28B2

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B85D6

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

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