#8B8BB6#8B8BB6

#8B8BB6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.064 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8BB6
RGB	rgb(139, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 9.48, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 24.37, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.016 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.064 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3215, 27.3311, 48.0302)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8BB6 #B6B68B

analogous

#8BA0B6 #8B8BB6 #A08BB6

triadic

#8B8BB6 #B68B8B #8BB68B

tetradic

#8B8BB6 #B68BA0 #B6B68B #8BB6A0

square

#8B8BB6 #B68BA0 #B6B68B #8BB6A0

split-complementary

#8B8BB6 #B6A08B #A0B68B

monochromatic

#4D4D7A #65659E #8B8BB6 #B1B1CE #D6D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8B8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8B8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8BB6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8BB6	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8090B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.064 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaccc',
    500: '#8b8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8bb6;
$custom-light: #adaccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.751,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6525,
    "c": 0.06373,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8BB6

secondary

#D6D6C7

accent

#A144A1

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8BB6

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

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