#8A8BE9#8A8BE9

#8A8BE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.137 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BE9
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(239, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(239, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 22.60, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 52.79, 295.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0276 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.137 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4176, 29.7503, 81.0039)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BE9 #E9E88A

analogous

#8ABBE9 #8A8BE9 #B88AE9

triadic

#8A8BE9 #E98A8B #8BE98A

tetradic

#8A8BE9 #E98ABB #E9E88A #8AE9B8

square

#8A8BE9 #E98ABB #E9E88A #8AE9B8

split-complementary

#8A8BE9 #E9B88A #BBE98A

monochromatic

#2729D1 #5658DF #8A8BE9 #BEBEF3 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8A8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BE9

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BE9	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A98ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6591E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D9EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.137 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0acf0',
    500: '#8a8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8be9;
$custom-light: #b0acf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.368,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67626,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BE9

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#CE15D0

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BE9

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

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