#8A88E6#8A88E6

#8A88E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.137 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88E6
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(241, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(241, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 23.51, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 52.97, 296.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0309 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.137 283)
XYZ	xyz(33.5642, 28.7235, 78.6233)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88E6 #E4E688

analogous

#88B5E6 #8A88E6 #B988E6

triadic

#8A88E6 #E68A88 #88E68A

tetradic

#8A88E6 #E688B5 #E4E688 #88E6B9

square

#8A88E6 #E688B5 #E4E688 #88E6B9

split-complementary

#8A88E6 #E6B988 #B5E688

monochromatic

#2E2AC9 #5855DB #8A88E6 #BCBBF1 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8A88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88E6

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88E6	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6795EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.137 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aaee',
    500: '#8a88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88e6;
$custom-light: #b0aaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.277,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6689,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.28725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88E6

secondary

#F0F1D9

accent

#CD18C9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88E6

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

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