#8A8BE6#8A8BE6

#8A8BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.133 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE6
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 21.76, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 51.14, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0271 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.133 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9926, 29.5803, 78.7661)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE6 #E6E58A

analogous

#8AB9E6 #8A8BE6 #B78AE6

triadic

#8A8BE6 #E68A8B #8BE68A

tetradic

#8A8BE6 #E68AB9 #E6E58A #8AE6B7

square

#8A8BE6 #E68AB9 #E6E58A #8AE6B7

split-complementary

#8A8BE6 #E6B78A #B9E68A

monochromatic

#2B2DCA #5859DB #8A8BE6 #BCBDF1 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE6

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE6	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B97EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.133 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acee',
    500: '#8a8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be6;
$custom-light: #b0acee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.348,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67465,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE6

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CB19CD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE6

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

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