#8A8AEE#8A8AEE

#8A8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.146 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AEE
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 24.58, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 56.14, 295.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0298 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.146 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9978, 29.7518, 84.7710)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AEE #EEEE8A

analogous

#8ABCEE #8A8AEE #BC8AEE

triadic

#8A8AEE #EE8A8A #8AEE8A

tetradic

#8A8AEE #EE8ABC #EEEE8A #8AEEBC

square

#8A8AEE #EE8ABC #EEEE8A #8AEEBC

split-complementary

#8A8AEE #EEBC8A #BCEE8A

monochromatic

#2020DD #5555E6 #8A8AEE #BFBFF6 #E4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8A8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AEE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AEE	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6598F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6091EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.146 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acf4',
    500: '#8a8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aee;
$custom-light: #b0acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AEE

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D70FD7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AEE

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

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