#8A8CE0#8A8CE0

#8A8CE0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CE0
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(239, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(239, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 19.52, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 47.22, 294.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0246 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.123 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3100, 29.5400, 74.4533)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CE0 #E0DE8A

analogous

#8AB7E0 #8A8CE0 #B38AE0

triadic

#8A8CE0 #E08A8C #8CE08A

tetradic

#8A8CE0 #E08AB7 #E0DE8A #8AE0B3

square

#8A8CE0 #E08AB7 #E0DE8A #8AE0B3

split-complementary

#8A8CE0 #E0B38A #B7E08A

monochromatic

#3235BD #5A5CD3 #8A8CE0 #BABCED #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#8A8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CE0

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CE0	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7097E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C91DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadea',
    500: '#8a8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ce0;
$custom-light: #afadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.605,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67344,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CE0

secondary

#EEEED7

accent

#C220C6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CE0

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

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