#8A8BE5#8A8BE5

#8A8BE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.132 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE5
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 21.48, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 50.59, 295.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0269 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.132 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8526, 29.5243, 78.0286)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE5 #E5E48A

analogous

#8AB9E5 #8A8BE5 #B78AE5

triadic

#8A8BE5 #E58A8B #8BE58A

tetradic

#8A8BE5 #E58AB9 #E5E48A #8AE5B7

square

#8A8BE5 #E58AB9 #E5E48A #8AE5B7

split-complementary

#8A8BE5 #E5B78A #B9E58A

monochromatic

#2C2EC8 #5859DA #8A8BE5 #BCBDF0 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#8A8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE5	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C97E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.132 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aced',
    500: '#8a8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be5;
$custom-light: #b0aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.341,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE5

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#C91ACB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE5

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

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