#8A8CD1#8A8CD1

#8A8CD1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD1
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(238, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(238, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 15.47, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 38.91, 293.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0211 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.102 282)
XYZ	xyz(31.3648, 28.7619, 64.2083)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD1 #D1CF8A

analogous

#8AAFD1 #8A8CD1 #AB8AD1

triadic

#8A8CD1 #D18A8C #8CD18A

tetradic

#8A8CD1 #D18AAF #D1CF8A #8AD1AB

square

#8A8CD1 #D18AAF #D1CF8A #8AD1AB

split-complementary

#8A8CD1 #D1AB8A #AFD18A

monochromatic

#3F42A1 #5E61C0 #8A8CD1 #B6B7E2 #E2E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#8A8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD1

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD1	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7795D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7490CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7799A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaddf',
    500: '#8a8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd1;
$custom-light: #aeaddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.31,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66593,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.28763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD1

secondary

#E6E6D1

accent

#B32FB7

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD1

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

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