#8A8CD6#8A8CD6

#8A8CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD6
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 16.81, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 41.69, 293.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0224 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.109 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9935, 29.0134, 67.5197)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD6 #D6D48A

analogous

#8AB2D6 #8A8CD6 #AE8AD6

triadic

#8A8CD6 #D68A8C #8CD68A

tetradic

#8A8CD6 #D68AB2 #D6D48A #8AD6AE

square

#8A8CD6 #D68AB2 #D6D48A #8AD6AE

split-complementary

#8A8CD6 #D6AE8A #B2D68A

monochromatic

#3C3EAA #5D5FC6 #8A8CD6 #B7B9E6 #E5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7595D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeade3',
    500: '#8a8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd6;
$custom-light: #aeade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 48.101,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66838,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD6

secondary

#E9E8D3

accent

#B82ABB

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD6

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

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