#8A8CE5#8A8CE5

#8A8CE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.130 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CE5
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(239, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 20.90, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 49.98, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0256 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.13 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9981, 29.8152, 78.0771)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CE5 #E5E38A

analogous

#8ABAE5 #8A8CE5 #B68AE5

triadic

#8A8CE5 #E58A8C #8CE58A

tetradic

#8A8CE5 #E58ABA #E5E38A #8AE5B6

square

#8A8CE5 #E58ABA #E5E38A #8AE5B6

split-complementary

#8A8CE5 #E5B68A #BAE58A

monochromatic

#2C30C8 #585BDA #8A8CE5 #BCBDF0 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A8CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#8A8CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CE5

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CE5	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D98E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9EAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.130 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aded',
    500: '#8a8ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ce5;
$custom-light: #b0aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.681,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67605,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CE5

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C81ACB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CE5

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

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