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#8A8EB8

#8A8EB8oklch(0.6588 0.0625 280.3)

#8A8EB8 (#8A8EB8) is a medium muted purple, closest to the CSS color lightslategray. In OKLCH it has lightness 65.9%, chroma 0.063 and hue 280.3°; its relative luminance is 28.2%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 64, WCAG 3.16:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.7).

#8A8EB8 in every format

HEX#8A8EB8
RGBrgb(138 142 184)
HSLhsl(234.8 24.5% 63.1%)
HSB / HSVhsb(234.8 25.0% 72.2%)
HWBhwb(234.8 54.1% 27.8%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(25/23/0/28)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(52/43/11/1)
CIELAB (D50)lab(59.85 5.58 -22.60)
LChlch(59.85 23.28 283.9)
OKLaboklab(0.6588 0.0112 -0.0615)
OKLCHoklch(0.6588 0.0625 280.3)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.28804 0.28210 0.49276)
CIE xyYxyY(0.2710 0.2654 0.2821)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.5440 0.5564 0.7086)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.25415 0.27050 0.47932)
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Text on #8A8EB8

White textWCAG 3.16:1 · APCA Lc 64
Black textWCAG 6.64:1 · APCA Lc 45

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#8A8EB8normal
#8392BAprotanopia
#808FB7deuteranopia
#7F959Ctritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#E8ECFF
#CFD4FF
#B5BAE6
#9DA1CC
#8488B2
#6D7199
#575A81
#414469
#2D2F52
#1A1B3C
#0A0727

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#8A8EB8
#9A9366
Analogous
#8A8EB8
#7595B7
#9E87AF
Triadic
#8A8EB8
#B48575
#709E85
Split complementary
#8A8EB8
#AB8C68
#859A72
Tetradic
#8A8EB8
#B48289
#9A9366
#639E9A

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Palettes with #8A8EB8

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