#8A88CD#8A88CD

#8A88CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.102 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88CD
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(242, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 33.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 16.74, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 39.11, 295.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0256 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.102 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3019, 27.4185, 61.4415)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88CD #CBCD88

analogous

#88A9CD #8A88CD #AD88CD

triadic

#8A88CD #CD8A88 #88CD8A

tetradic

#8A88CD #CD88A9 #CBCD88 #88CDAD

square

#8A88CD #CD88A9 #CBCD88 #88CDAD

split-complementary

#8A88CD #CDAD88 #A9CD88

monochromatic

#43419A #605DBB #8A88CD #B4B3DF #DFDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A88CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A88CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88CD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88CD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7995A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.102 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaadc',
    500: '#8a88cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88cd;
$custom-light: #aeaadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.739,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88CD

secondary

#E3E3CD

accent

#B432B0

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88CD

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

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