#8A8AE1#8A8AE1

#8A8AE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.127 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AE1
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 225)
HSL	hsl(240, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 38.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 20.96, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 48.99, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0274 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.127 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1564, 29.0152, 75.0731)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AE1 #E1E18A

analogous

#8AB5E1 #8A8AE1 #B58AE1

triadic

#8A8AE1 #E18A8A #8AE18A

tetradic

#8A8AE1 #E18AB5 #E1E18A #8AE1B5

square

#8A8AE1 #E18AB5 #E1E18A #8AE1B5

split-complementary

#8A8AE1 #E1B58A #B5E18A

monochromatic

#3131BF #5959D5 #8A8AE1 #BBBBED #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A8AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A8AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AE1

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AE1	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D96E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6990DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.127 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaceb',
    500: '#8a8ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ae1;
$custom-light: #afaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67007,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AE1

secondary

#EFEFD8

accent

#C71FC7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AE1

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

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