#8A88EE#8A88EE

#8A88EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.148 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88EE
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(241, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(241, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 25.75, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 57.36, 296.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0322 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.148 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7135, 29.1832, 84.6762)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88EE #ECEE88

analogous

#88B9EE #8A88EE #BD88EE

triadic

#8A88EE #EE8A88 #88EE8A

tetradic

#8A88EE #EE88B9 #ECEE88 #88EEBD

square

#8A88EE #EE88B9 #ECEE88 #88EEBD

split-complementary

#8A88EE #EEBD88 #B9EE88

monochromatic

#231FDC #5552E6 #8A88EE #BFBEF6 #E5E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#8A88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88EE

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88EE	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6297F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D90EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B9DAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.148 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aaf4',
    500: '#8a88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88ee;
$custom-light: #b0aaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.176,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88EE

secondary

#F2F3D8

accent

#D70ED3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88EE

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

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