#8A8BE4#8A8BE4

#8A8BE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.130 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE4
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 21.21, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 50.04, 295.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0267 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.13 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7134, 29.4686, 77.2954)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE4 #E4E38A

analogous

#8AB8E4 #8A8BE4 #B68AE4

triadic

#8A8BE4 #E48A8B #8BE48A

tetradic

#8A8BE4 #E48AB8 #E4E38A #8AE4B6

square

#8A8BE4 #E48AB8 #E4E38A #8AE4B6

split-complementary

#8A8BE4 #E4B68A #B8E48A

monochromatic

#2E2FC6 #585AD9 #8A8BE4 #BCBCEF #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8A8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE4

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE4	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D97E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6891E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.130 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaced',
    500: '#8a8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be4;
$custom-light: #afaced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE4

secondary

#F0F0D9

accent

#C81BCA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE4

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

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