#8A8CD7#8A8CD7

#8A8CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.110 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD7
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 17.07, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 42.24, 293.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0226 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.11 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1216, 29.0646, 68.1944)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD7 #D7D58A

analogous

#8AB3D7 #8A8CD7 #AF8AD7

triadic

#8A8CD7 #D78A8C #8CD78A

tetradic

#8A8CD7 #D78AB3 #D7D58A #8AD7AF

square

#8A8CD7 #D78AB3 #D7D58A #8AD7AF

split-complementary

#8A8CD7 #D7AF8A #B3D78A

monochromatic

#3B3EAC #5C5FC7 #8A8CD7 #B8B9E7 #E5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8A8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD7

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD7	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7495DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.110 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeade3',
    500: '#8a8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd7;
$custom-light: #aeade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.442,
    "s": 49.045,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66887,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD7

secondary

#EAE9D3

accent

#B929BC

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD7

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

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