#8A88CC#8A88CC

#8A88CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88CC
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 204)
HSL	hsl(242, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 16.48, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 38.55, 295.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0253 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.1 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1815, 27.3704, 60.8079)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88CC #CACC88

analogous

#88A8CC #8A88CC #AC88CC

triadic

#8A88CC #CC8A88 #88CC8A

tetradic

#8A88CC #CC88A8 #CACC88 #88CCAC

square

#8A88CC #CC88A8 #CACC88 #88CCAC

split-complementary

#8A88CC #CCAC88 #A8CC88

monochromatic

#444198 #605DBA #8A88CC #B4B3DE #DEDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A88CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A88CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88CC

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88CC	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7995A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaadc',
    500: '#8a88cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88cc;
$custom-light: #aeaadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65555,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88CC

secondary

#E2E3CD

accent

#B332AF

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88CC

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

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