#8A8BD4#8A8BD4

#8A8BD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BD4
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(239, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(239, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 16.85, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 41.18, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0232 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.108 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5942, 28.6210, 66.1343)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BD4 #D4D38A

analogous

#8AB0D4 #8A8BD4 #AE8AD4

triadic

#8A8BD4 #D48A8B #8BD48A

tetradic

#8A8BD4 #D48AB0 #D4D38A #8AD4AE

square

#8A8BD4 #D48AB0 #D4D38A #8AD4AE

split-complementary

#8A8BD4 #D4AE8A #B0D48A

monochromatic

#3D3FA6 #5D5FC4 #8A8BD4 #B7B7E4 #E4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A8BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8A8BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BD4

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BD4	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7494D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7699A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeace1',
    500: '#8a8bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8bd4;
$custom-light: #aeace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.189,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66541,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BD4

secondary

#E8E8D2

accent

#B82CB9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BD4

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

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