#8A8DDD#8A8DDD

#8A8DDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DDD
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(238, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 18.12, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 44.96, 293.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0227 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.118 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0535, 29.6723, 72.3783)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DDD #DDDA8A

analogous

#8AB7DD #8A8DDD #B08ADD

triadic

#8A8DDD #DD8A8D #8DDD8A

tetradic

#8A8DDD #DD8AB7 #DDDA8A #8ADDB0

square

#8A8DDD #DD8AB7 #DDDA8A #8ADDB0

split-complementary

#8A8DDD #DDB08A #B7DD8A

monochromatic

#353AB7 #5B5FCF #8A8DDD #B9BBEB #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DDD

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DDD	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7397E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F91DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaee8',
    500: '#8a8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ddd;
$custom-light: #afaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.831,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67386,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DDD

secondary

#EDECD6

accent

#BD23C2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DDD

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

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