#8A8CC2#8A8CC2

#8A8CC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.080 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CC2
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(238, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(238, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 11.58, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 30.52, 292.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0171 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.08 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5944, 28.0537, 54.8842)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CC2 #C2C08A

analogous

#8AA8C2 #8A8CC2 #A48AC2

triadic

#8A8CC2 #C28A8C #8CC28A

tetradic

#8A8CC2 #C28AA8 #C2C08A #8AC2A4

square

#8A8CC2 #C28AA8 #C2C08A #8AC2A4

split-complementary

#8A8CC2 #C2A48A #A8C28A

monochromatic

#484A8A #6264AD #8A8CC2 #B2B4D7 #DADBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CC2

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CC2	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D92C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.080 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadd4',
    500: '#8a8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cc2;
$custom-light: #adadd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65896,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CC2

secondary

#DDDDCA

accent

#A63BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CC2

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

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