#8A8CD9#8A8CD9

#8A8CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.113 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CD9
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 17.61, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 43.35, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0231 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.113 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3802, 29.1681, 69.5561)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CD9 #D9D78A

analogous

#8AB4D9 #8A8CD9 #B08AD9

triadic

#8A8CD9 #D98A8C #8CD98A

tetradic

#8A8CD9 #D98AB4 #D9D78A #8AD9B0

square

#8A8CD9 #D98AB4 #D9D78A #8AD9B0

split-complementary

#8A8CD9 #D9B08A #B4D98A

monochromatic

#393CB0 #5C5FCA #8A8CD9 #B8B9E8 #E6E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8A8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CD9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CD9	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7396DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.113 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afade5',
    500: '#8a8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cd9;
$custom-light: #afade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.481,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66987,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CD9

secondary

#EBEAD4

accent

#BB27BE

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F5F4FC

border

#CFCED5

text

#111015

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CD9

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

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