#8A8CE3#8A8CE3

#8A8CE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CE3
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 20.35, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 48.88, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0252 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.127 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7204, 29.7042, 76.6149)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CE3 #E3E18A

analogous

#8AB9E3 #8A8CE3 #B58AE3

triadic

#8A8CE3 #E38A8C #8CE38A

tetradic

#8A8CE3 #E38AB9 #E3E18A #8AE3B5

square

#8A8CE3 #E38AB9 #E3E18A #8AE3B5

split-complementary

#8A8CE3 #E3B58A #B9E38A

monochromatic

#2F32C4 #595BD7 #8A8CE3 #BBBDEF #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CE3

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CE3	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E97E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A91E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadec',
    500: '#8a8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ce3;
$custom-light: #afadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.652,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.675,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CE3

secondary

#F0EFD9

accent

#C51CC9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CE3

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

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