#8A8BE0#8A8BE0

#8A8BE0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE0
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(239, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(239, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 20.10, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 47.83, 294.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0259 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.125 282)
XYZ	xyz(33.1646, 29.2491, 74.4048)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE0 #E0DF8A

analogous

#8AB6E0 #8A8BE0 #B48AE0

triadic

#8A8BE0 #E08A8B #8BE08A

tetradic

#8A8BE0 #E08AB6 #E0DF8A #8AE0B4

square

#8A8BE0 #E08AB6 #E0DF8A #8AE0B4

split-complementary

#8A8BE0 #E0B48A #B6E08A

monochromatic

#3234BD #5A5BD3 #8A8BE0 #BABBED #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE0

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE0	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F96E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B90DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacea',
    500: '#8a8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be0;
$custom-light: #afacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.302,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67149,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE0

secondary

#EEEED7

accent

#C420C6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE0

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

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