#8A81CC#8A81CC

#8A81CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A81CC
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 204)
HSL	hsl(247, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(247, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 20.57, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 42.90, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0349 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.111 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2277, 25.4627, 60.4899)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A81CC #C3CC81

analogous

#819DCC #8A81CC #AF81CC

triadic

#8A81CC #CC8A81 #81CC8A

tetradic

#8A81CC #CC819D #C3CC81 #81CCAF

square

#8A81CC #CC819D #C3CC81 #81CCAF

split-complementary

#8A81CC #CCAF81 #9DCC81

monochromatic

#473D96 #6255BA #8A81CC #B2ADDE #DBD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A81CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A81CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A81CC

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A81CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A81CC	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a81cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea5dc',
    500: '#8a81cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a81cc;
$custom-light: #aea5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a81cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A81CC

secondary

#DEE1C8

accent

#B530A5

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#100F15

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A81CC

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

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