#8B89BB#8B89BB

#8B89BB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.074 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B89BB
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 187)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 11.86, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 28.40, 294.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0204 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.074 286)
XYZ	xyz(28.5605, 26.9676, 50.7046)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B89BB #B9BB89

analogous

#89A0BB #8B89BB #A489BB

triadic

#8B89BB #BB8B89 #89BB8B

tetradic

#8B89BB #BB89A0 #B9BB89 #89BBA4

square

#8B89BB #BB89A0 #B9BB89 #89BBA4

split-complementary

#8B89BB #BBA489 #A0BB89

monochromatic

#4C4A80 #6562A5 #8B89BB #B1B0D1 #D7D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8B89BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8B89BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B89BB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B89BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B89BB	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b89bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.074 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeabcf',
    500: '#8b89bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b89bb;
$custom-light: #aeabcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b89bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65054,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.26968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B89BB

secondary

#D8D9C7

accent

#A540A1

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B89BB

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

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