#8A8CD4#8A8CD4

#8A8CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD4
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 16.27, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 40.57, 293.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0219 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.106 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7397, 28.9119, 66.1828)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD4 #D4D28A

analogous

#8AB1D4 #8A8CD4 #AD8AD4

triadic

#8A8CD4 #D48A8C #8CD48A

tetradic

#8A8CD4 #D48AB1 #D4D28A #8AD4AD

square

#8A8CD4 #D48AB1 #D4D28A #8AD4AD

split-complementary

#8A8CD4 #D4AD8A #B1D48A

monochromatic

#3D40A6 #5D60C4 #8A8CD4 #B7B8E4 #E4E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8A8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD4	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7695D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7290D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeade1',
    500: '#8a8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd4;
$custom-light: #aeade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66739,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD4

secondary

#E8E7D2

accent

#B62CB9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD4

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

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