#8A88CE#8A88CE

#8A88CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.103 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88CE
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 206)
HSL	hsl(242, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(242, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 34%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 17.01, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 39.67, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0258 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.103 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4230, 27.4670, 62.0793)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88CE #CCCE88

analogous

#88A9CE #8A88CE #AD88CE

triadic

#8A88CE #CE8A88 #88CE8A

tetradic

#8A88CE #CE88A9 #CCCE88 #88CEAD

square

#8A88CE #CE88A9 #CCCE88 #88CEAD

split-complementary

#8A88CE #CEAD88 #A9CE88

monochromatic

#43409C #5F5DBC #8A88CE #B5B3E0 #DFDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A88CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8A88CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88CE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88CE	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7995A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.103 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaadd',
    500: '#8a88ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88ce;
$custom-light: #aeaadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65652,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88CE

secondary

#E3E4CE

accent

#B531B1

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88CE

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

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