#8A8CD5#8A8CD5

#8A8CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD5
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 16.54, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 41.13, 293.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0221 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.108 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8662, 28.9625, 66.8492)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD5 #D5D38A

analogous

#8AB2D5 #8A8CD5 #AE8AD5

triadic

#8A8CD5 #D58A8C #8CD58A

tetradic

#8A8CD5 #D58AB2 #D5D38A #8AD5AE

square

#8A8CD5 #D58AB2 #D5D38A #8AD5AE

split-complementary

#8A8CD5 #D5AE8A #B2D58A

monochromatic

#3C3FA8 #5D60C5 #8A8CD5 #B7B8E5 #E4E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7595D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7290D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeade2',
    500: '#8a8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd5;
$custom-light: #aeade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66789,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD5

secondary

#E8E8D2

accent

#B72BBA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD5

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

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