#8A8DC2#8A8DC2

#8A8DC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.079 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DC2
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(237, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(237, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 11.00, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 29.93, 291.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0157 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.079 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7411, 28.3473, 54.9331)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DC2 #C2BF8A

analogous

#8AA9C2 #8A8DC2 #A38AC2

triadic

#8A8DC2 #C28A8D #8DC28A

tetradic

#8A8DC2 #C28AA9 #C2BF8A #8AC2A3

square

#8A8DC2 #C28AA9 #C2BF8A #8AC2A3

split-complementary

#8A8DC2 #C2A38A #A9C28A

monochromatic

#484B8A #6266AD #8A8DC2 #B2B4D7 #DADBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8A8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DC2

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DC2	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C97A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.079 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaed4',
    500: '#8a8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dc2;
$custom-light: #adaed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.786,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.661,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DC2

secondary

#DDDCCA

accent

#A43BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DC2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →