#8B89BC#8B89BC

#8B89BC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.076 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B89BC
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 12.11, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 28.97, 294.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0207 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.076 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6679, 27.0106, 51.2704)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B89BC #BABC89

analogous

#89A0BC #8B89BC #A489BC

triadic

#8B89BC #BC8B89 #89BC8B

tetradic

#8B89BC #BC89A0 #BABC89 #89BCA4

square

#8B89BC #BC89A0 #BABC89 #89BCA4

split-complementary

#8B89BC #BCA489 #A0BC89

monochromatic

#4C4981 #6562A6 #8B89BC #B1B0D2 #D8D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8B89BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8B89BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B89BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B89BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B89BC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b89bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.076 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeabd0',
    500: '#8b89bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b89bc;
$custom-light: #aeabd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b89bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65098,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B89BC

secondary

#D9D9C7

accent

#A63FA2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B89BC

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

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