#8A88C8#8A88C8

#8A88C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.095 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88C8
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(242, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 32%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 15.44, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 36.31, 295.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0243 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.095 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7080, 27.1810, 58.3136)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88C8 #C6C888

analogous

#88A6C8 #8A88C8 #AA88C8

triadic

#8A88C8 #C88A88 #88C88A

tetradic

#8A88C8 #C888A6 #C6C888 #88C8AA

square

#8A88C8 #C888A6 #C6C888 #88C8AA

split-complementary

#8A88C8 #C8AA88 #A6C888

monochromatic

#464492 #615EB5 #8A88C8 #B3B2DB #DCDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A88C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A88C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88C8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88C8	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)

#7690CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.095 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaad9',
    500: '#8a88c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88c8;
$custom-light: #aeaad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.875,
    "s": 36.782,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88C8

secondary

#E0E0CB

accent

#B036AC

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88C8

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

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