#888CD9#888CD9

#888CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.114 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888CD9
RGB	rgb(136, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(237, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(237, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 17.07, -39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 43.36, 293.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0209 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.114 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0522, 28.9990, 69.5407)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888CD9 #D9D588

analogous

#88B5D9 #888CD9 #AD88D9

triadic

#888CD9 #D9888C #8CD988

tetradic

#888CD9 #D988B5 #D9D588 #88D9AD

square

#888CD9 #D988B5 #D9D588 #88D9AD

split-complementary

#888CD9 #D9AD88 #B5D988

monochromatic

#383EAF #5A5FCA #888CD9 #B6B9E8 #E5E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#888CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#888CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888CD9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888CD9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7396DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.114 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adade5',
    500: '#888cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888cd9;
$custom-light: #adade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.037,
    "s": 51.592,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66835,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888CD9

secondary

#EAE9D3

accent

#B727BF

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F5F4FC

border

#CFCED5

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #888CD9

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

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