#8A8AEC#8A8AEC

#8A8AEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.143 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AEC
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 24.02, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 55.05, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0294 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.143 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7056, 29.6349, 83.2321)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AEC #ECEC8A

analogous

#8ABBEC #8A8AEC #BB8AEC

triadic

#8A8AEC #EC8A8A #8AEC8A

tetradic

#8A8AEC #EC8ABB #ECEC8A #8AECBB

square

#8A8AEC #EC8ABB #ECEC8A #8AECBB

split-complementary

#8A8AEC #ECBB8A #BBEC8A

monochromatic

#2323D8 #5555E3 #8A8AEC #BFBFF5 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AEC

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AEC	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6798F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6291EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.143 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acf2',
    500: '#8a8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aec;
$custom-light: #b0acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67599,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AEC

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D411D4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AEC

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

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