#8A8DDE#8A8DDE

#8A8DDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.119 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DDE
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(238, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 18.39, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 45.52, 293.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0229 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.119 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1872, 29.7257, 73.0821)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DDE #DEDB8A

analogous

#8AB7DE #8A8DDE #B18ADE

triadic

#8A8DDE #DE8A8D #8DDE8A

tetradic

#8A8DDE #DE8AB7 #DEDB8A #8ADEB1

square

#8A8DDE #DE8AB7 #DEDB8A #8ADEB1

split-complementary

#8A8DDE #DEB18A #B7DE8A

monochromatic

#3439B9 #5A5ED1 #8A8DDE #BABCEB #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A8DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8A8DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DDE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DDE	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7297E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E91DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.119 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaee8',
    500: '#8a8dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dde;
$custom-light: #afaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67437,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DDE

secondary

#EDECD6

accent

#BE22C4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DDE

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

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