#8A8DCD#8A8DCD

#8A8DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.095 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DCD
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(237, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 13.84, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 36.08, 292.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0188 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.095 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0225, 28.8599, 61.6818)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DCD #CDCA8A

analogous

#8AAFCD #8A8DCD #A88ACD

triadic

#8A8DCD #CD8A8D #8DCD8A

tetradic

#8A8DCD #CD8AAF #CDCA8A #8ACDA8

square

#8A8DCD #CD8AAF #CDCA8A #8ACDA8

split-complementary

#8A8DCD #CDA88A #AFCD8A

monochromatic

#42469B #5F63BB #8A8DCD #B5B7DF #E0E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DCD

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DCD	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7999A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.095 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaedc',
    500: '#8a8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dcd;
$custom-light: #aeaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.313,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DCD

secondary

#E4E3CF

accent

#AD32B3

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DCD

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

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