#8A88CB#8A88CB

#8A88CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88CB
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 203)
HSL	hsl(242, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 33%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 16.22, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 37.99, 295.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0251 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.099 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0620, 27.3226, 60.1782)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88CB #C9CB88

analogous

#88A8CB #8A88CB #AC88CB

triadic

#8A88CB #CB8A88 #88CB8A

tetradic

#8A88CB #CB88A8 #C9CB88 #88CBAC

square

#8A88CB #CB88A8 #C9CB88 #88CBAC

split-complementary

#8A88CB #CBAC88 #A8CB88

monochromatic

#444297 #605DB8 #8A88CB #B4B3DE #DEDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A88CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A88CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88CB

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88CB	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A94A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaadb',
    500: '#8a88cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88cb;
$custom-light: #aeaadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.791,
    "s": 39.181,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65507,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88CB

secondary

#E2E2CD

accent

#B233AE

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88CB

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

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