Exploring the Color #8F8FBE

#8F8FBE sits at 240° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 27% 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 143, 143, 190 produces a 6.84:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8F8FBE is a distant relative of CSS rosy brown — about 65 units away from #BC8F8F. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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