#8A8BCD#8A8BCD

#8A8BCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.097 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BCD
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(239, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(239, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 15.00, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 37.28, 293.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0215 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.097 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7303, 28.2754, 61.5844)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BCD #CDCC8A

analogous

#8AADCD #8A8BCD #AA8ACD

triadic

#8A8BCD #CD8A8B #8BCD8A

tetradic

#8A8BCD #CD8AAD #CDCC8A #8ACDAA

square

#8A8BCD #CD8AAD #CDCC8A #8ACDAA

split-complementary

#8A8BCD #CDAA8A #ADCD8A

monochromatic

#42439B #5F60BB #8A8BCD #B5B6DF #E0E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BCD

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BCD	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7793D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7997A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.097 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacdc',
    500: '#8a8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bcd;
$custom-light: #aeacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.104,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BCD

secondary

#E4E4CF

accent

#B132B3

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BCD

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

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