#8A8ACE#8A8ACE

#8A8ACE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.100 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ACE
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 15.84, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 38.44, 294.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0231 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.1 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7073, 28.0356, 62.1741)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ACE #CECE8A

analogous

#8AACCE #8A8ACE #AC8ACE

triadic

#8A8ACE #CE8A8A #8ACE8A

tetradic

#8A8ACE #CE8AAC #CECE8A #8ACEAC

square

#8A8ACE #CE8AAC #CECE8A #8ACEAC

split-complementary

#8A8ACE #CEAC8A #ACCE8A

monochromatic

#41419C #5F5FBC #8A8ACE #B5B5E0 #E0E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ACE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ACE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7693D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7897A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.100 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacdd',
    500: '#8a8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ace;
$custom-light: #aeacdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ACE

secondary

#E5E5CF

accent

#B431B4

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ACE

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

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