#8A8AED#8A8AED

#8A8AED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.144 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AED
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 24.30, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 55.59, 295.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0296 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.144 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8513, 29.6932, 83.9994)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AED #EDED8A

analogous

#8ABBED #8A8AED #BB8AED

triadic

#8A8AED #ED8A8A #8AED8A

tetradic

#8A8AED #ED8ABB #EDED8A #8AEDBB

square

#8A8AED #ED8ABB #EDED8A #8AEDBB

split-complementary

#8A8AED #EDBB8A #BBED8A

monochromatic

#2222DB #5555E5 #8A8AED #BFBFF5 #E4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AED

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AED	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6698F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.144 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acf3',
    500: '#8a8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aed;
$custom-light: #b0acf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AED

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D510D5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AED

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

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