#8A8BE1#8A8BE1

#8A8BE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.126 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE1
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(239, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(239, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 20.38, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 48.38, 294.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0261 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.126 282)
XYZ	xyz(33.3006, 29.3035, 75.1211)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE1 #E1E08A

analogous

#8AB6E1 #8A8BE1 #B48AE1

triadic

#8A8BE1 #E18A8B #8BE18A

tetradic

#8A8BE1 #E18AB6 #E1E08A #8AE1B4

square

#8A8BE1 #E18AB6 #E1E08A #8AE1B4

split-complementary

#8A8BE1 #E1B48A #B6E18A

monochromatic

#3133BF #595BD5 #8A8BE1 #BBBBED #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8A8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE1

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE1	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E96E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A90DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.126 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaceb',
    500: '#8a8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be1;
$custom-light: #afaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.31,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67201,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.29305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE1

secondary

#EFEFD8

accent

#C51FC7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE1

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

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