#8A8DC1#8A8DC1

#8A8DC1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.077 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DC1
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(237, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 10.74, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 29.37, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0154 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.077 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6292, 28.3025, 54.3436)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DC1 #C1BE8A

analogous

#8AA9C1 #8A8DC1 #A28AC1

triadic

#8A8DC1 #C18A8D #8DC18A

tetradic

#8A8DC1 #C18AA9 #C1BE8A #8AC1A2

square

#8A8DC1 #C18AA9 #C1BE8A #8AC1A2

split-complementary

#8A8DC1 #C1A28A #A9C18A

monochromatic

#484C88 #6266AC #8A8DC1 #B2B4D6 #DADBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A8DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A8DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DC1

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DC1	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.077 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaed4',
    500: '#8a8dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dc1;
$custom-light: #adaed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.727,
    "s": 30.726,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66056,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DC1

secondary

#DDDCCA

accent

#A33CA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DC1

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

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