#8A8CD8#8A8CD8

#8A8CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD8
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 17.34, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 42.80, 293.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0228 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.112 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2505, 29.1162, 68.8732)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD8 #D8D68A

analogous

#8AB3D8 #8A8CD8 #AF8AD8

triadic

#8A8CD8 #D88A8C #8CD88A

tetradic

#8A8CD8 #D88AB3 #D8D68A #8AD8AF

square

#8A8CD8 #D88AB3 #D8D68A #8AD8AF

split-complementary

#8A8CD8 #D8AF8A #B3D88A

monochromatic

#3A3DAE #5C5FC9 #8A8CD8 #B8B9E7 #E6E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#8A8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD8

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD8	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7496DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afade4',
    500: '#8a8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd8;
$custom-light: #afade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD8

secondary

#EAEAD4

accent

#BA28BD

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F5F4FC

border

#CFCED5

text

#111015

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD8

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

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