#8A8BE3#8A8BE3

#8A8BE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.129 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE3
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 20.93, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 49.49, 295.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0265 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.129 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5750, 29.4133, 76.5664)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE3 #E3E28A

analogous

#8AB8E3 #8A8BE3 #B68AE3

triadic

#8A8BE3 #E38A8B #8BE38A

tetradic

#8A8BE3 #E38AB8 #E3E28A #8AE3B6

square

#8A8BE3 #E38AB8 #E3E28A #8AE3B6

split-complementary

#8A8BE3 #E3B68A #B8E38A

monochromatic

#2F31C4 #595AD7 #8A8BE3 #BBBCEF #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8A8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE3

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE3	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D97E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709CAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.129 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacec',
    500: '#8a8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be3;
$custom-light: #afacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.326,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67306,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE3

secondary

#F0F0D9

accent

#C71CC9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE3

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

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