#8B8CB2#8B8CB2

#8B8CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.056 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8CB2
RGB	rgb(139, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(238, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(238, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 7.94, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 21.52, 291.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0132 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.056 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0595, 27.4590, 45.9326)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8CB2 #B2B18B

analogous

#8BA0B2 #8B8CB2 #9E8BB2

triadic

#8B8CB2 #B28B8C #8CB28B

tetradic

#8B8CB2 #B28BA0 #B2B18B #8BB29E

square

#8B8CB2 #B28BA0 #B2B18B #8BB29E

split-complementary

#8B8CB2 #B29E8B #A0B28B

monochromatic

#4E4F75 #66689A #8B8CB2 #B0B0CA #D5D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8B8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8CB2

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8CB2	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8290B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.056 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadc9',
    500: '#8b8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8cb2;
$custom-light: #adadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65291,
    "c": 0.05636,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8CB2

secondary

#D4D3C5

accent

#9C479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8CB2

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

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