#8A88C9#8A88C9

#8A88C9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.096 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88C9
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 201)
HSL	hsl(242, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(242, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 15.70, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 36.87, 295.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0246 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.096 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8252, 27.2279, 58.9311)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88C9 #C7C988

analogous

#88A6C9 #8A88C9 #AA88C9

triadic

#8A88C9 #C98A88 #88C98A

tetradic

#8A88C9 #C988A6 #C7C988 #88C9AA

square

#8A88C9 #C988A6 #C7C988 #88C9AA

split-complementary

#8A88C9 #C9AA88 #A6C988

monochromatic

#454394 #615EB6 #8A88C9 #B3B2DC #DDDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A88C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A88C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88C9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88C9	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.096 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaad9',
    500: '#8a88c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88c9;
$custom-light: #aeaad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.846,
    "s": 37.572,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65411,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88C9

secondary

#E0E1CC

accent

#B135AD

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88C9

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

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