#8A8CED#8A8CED

#8A8CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.141 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CED
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(239, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 23.14, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 54.38, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0271 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.141 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1409, 30.2723, 84.0959)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CED #EDEB8A

analogous

#8ABDED #8A8CED #B98AED

triadic

#8A8CED #ED8A8C #8CED8A

tetradic

#8A8CED #ED8ABD #EDEB8A #8AEDB9

square

#8A8CED #ED8ABD #EDEB8A #8AEDB9

split-complementary

#8A8CED #EDB98A #BDED8A

monochromatic

#2225DB #5558E5 #8A8CED #BFC0F5 #E4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8A8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CED

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CED	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6999F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6392EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BA0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.141 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0adf3',
    500: '#8a8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ced;
$custom-light: #b0adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.788,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CED

secondary

#F3F2D8

accent

#D110D5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CED

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

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