#8A8BE8#8A8BE8

#8A8BE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.136 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE8
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(239, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(239, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 22.32, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 52.24, 295.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0275 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.136 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2751, 29.6933, 80.2537)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE8 #E8E78A

analogous

#8ABAE8 #8A8BE8 #B88AE8

triadic

#8A8BE8 #E88A8B #8BE88A

tetradic

#8A8BE8 #E88ABA #E8E78A #8AE8B8

square

#8A8BE8 #E88ABA #E8E78A #8AE8B8

split-complementary

#8A8BE8 #E8B88A #BAE88A

monochromatic

#292ACF #5758DE #8A8BE8 #BDBEF2 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A98EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6691E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.136 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acf0',
    500: '#8a8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be8;
$custom-light: #b0acf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.362,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67572,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE8

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CD16CF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE8

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

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