#8A8ADE#8A8ADE

#8A8ADE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ADE
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 20.14, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 47.33, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0268 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.123 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7508, 28.8530, 72.9366)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ADE #DEDE8A

analogous

#8AB4DE #8A8ADE #B48ADE

triadic

#8A8ADE #DE8A8A #8ADE8A

tetradic

#8A8ADE #DE8AB4 #DEDE8A #8ADEB4

square

#8A8ADE #DE8AB4 #DEDE8A #8ADEB4

split-complementary

#8A8ADE #DEB48A #B4DE8A

monochromatic

#3434B9 #5A5AD1 #8A8ADE #BABAEB #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ADE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ADE	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E95E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aface8',
    500: '#8a8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ade;
$custom-light: #aface8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6685,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ADE

secondary

#EDEDD6

accent

#C422C4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ADE

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

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