#8B8EA4#8B8EA4

#8B8EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.033 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8EA4
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 3.56, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 12.47, 286.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0053 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.033 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0198, 27.5150, 39.0022)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8EA4 #A4A18B

analogous

#8B9BA4 #8B8EA4 #958BA4

triadic

#8B8EA4 #A48B8E #8EA48B

tetradic

#8B8EA4 #A48B9B #A4A18B #8BA495

square

#8B8EA4 #A48B9B #A4A18B #8BA495

split-complementary

#8B8EA4 #A4958B #9BA48B

monochromatic

#4F5265 #6A6E88 #8B8EA4 #ADAFBF #D0D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8EA4

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8EA4	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.033 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbf',
    500: '#8b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8ea4;
$custom-light: #adafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 12.077,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.03281,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8EA4

secondary

#CAC9C1

accent

#AD73B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8EA4

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

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