#8A87CE#8A87CE

#8A87CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.105 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A87CE
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(243, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 17.59, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 40.28, 295.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0272 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.105 285)
XYZ	xyz(30.2828, 27.1866, 62.0326)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A87CE #CBCE87

analogous

#87A8CE #8A87CE #AE87CE

triadic

#8A87CE #CE8A87 #87CE8A

tetradic

#8A87CE #CE87A8 #CBCE87 #87CEAE

square

#8A87CE #CE87A8 #CBCE87 #87CEAE

split-complementary

#8A87CE #CEAE87 #A8CE87

monochromatic

#433F9B #605CBC #8A87CE #B4B2E0 #DFDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A87CE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A87CE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7994A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.105 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea9dd',
    500: '#8a87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a87ce;
$custom-light: #aea9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.535,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A87CE

secondary

#E3E4CD

accent

#B530AF

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A87CE

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

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