#8B8BB2#8B8BB2

#8B8BB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.058 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8BB2
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 8.52, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 22.12, 292.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0147 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.058 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9140, 27.1681, 45.8842)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8BB2 #B2B28B

analogous

#8B9FB2 #8B8BB2 #9F8BB2

triadic

#8B8BB2 #B28B8B #8BB28B

tetradic

#8B8BB2 #B28B9F #B2B28B #8BB29F

square

#8B8BB2 #B28B9F #B2B28B #8BB29F

split-complementary

#8B8BB2 #B29F8B #9FB28B

monochromatic

#4E4E75 #66669A #8B8BB2 #B0B0CA #D5D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8B8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8B8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8BB2

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8BB2	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.058 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacc9',
    500: '#8b8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8bb2;
$custom-light: #adacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.05783,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8BB2

secondary

#D4D4C5

accent

#9F479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8BB2

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

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