#8B8EA2#8B8EA2

#8B8EA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.030 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8EA2
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(232, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 3.11, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 11.35, 285.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0046 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.03 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8406, 27.4433, 38.0584)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8EA2 #A29F8B

analogous

#8B9AA2 #8B8EA2 #948BA2

triadic

#8B8EA2 #A28B8E #8EA28B

tetradic

#8B8EA2 #A28B9A #A29F8B #8BA294

square

#8B8EA2 #A28B9A #A29F8B #8BA294

split-complementary

#8B8EA2 #A2948B #9AA28B

monochromatic

#4F5263 #6B6E85 #8B8EA2 #ADAFBD #CFD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8B8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8B8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8EA2

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8EA2	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.030 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbd',
    500: '#8b8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8ea2;
$custom-light: #adafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 11.005,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65097,
    "c": 0.02986,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8EA2

secondary

#C9C8C0

accent

#AC74B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8EA2

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

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