#8C8BB1#8C8BB1

#8C8BB1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.056 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8BB1
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 8.60, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 21.56, 293.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0155 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.056 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9818, 27.2146, 45.3652)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8BB1 #B0B18B

analogous

#8B9DB1 #8C8BB1 #9F8BB1

triadic

#8C8BB1 #B18C8B #8BB18C

tetradic

#8C8BB1 #B18B9D #B0B18B #8BB19F

square

#8C8BB1 #B18B9D #B0B18B #8BB19F

split-complementary

#8C8BB1 #B19F8B #9DB18B

monochromatic

#4F4E74 #686698 #8C8BB1 #B0B0CA #D5D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8C8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8C8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8BB1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8BB1	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.056 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacc8',
    500: '#8c8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8bb1;
$custom-light: #aeacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 19.588,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8BB1

secondary

#D3D3C5

accent

#9E489C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8BB1

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

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