Exploring the Color #8B94C0

#8B94C0 sits at 230° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 30% saturation and 65% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 139, 148, 192 produces a 7.09:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8B94C0 is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 68 units away from #808080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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