#8A8DE0#8A8DE0

#8A8DE0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.122 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DE0
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(238, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(238, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 18.94, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 46.62, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0233 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.122 281)
XYZ	xyz(33.4568, 29.8336, 74.5022)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DE0 #E0DD8A

analogous

#8AB8E0 #8A8DE0 #B28AE0

triadic

#8A8DE0 #E08A8D #8DE08A

tetradic

#8A8DE0 #E08AB8 #E0DD8A #8AE0B2

square

#8A8DE0 #E08AB8 #E0DD8A #8AE0B2

split-complementary

#8A8DE0 #E0B28A #B8E08A

monochromatic

#3237BD #5A5ED3 #8A8DE0 #BABCED #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8A8DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8A8DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DE0

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DE0	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7198E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D92DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.122 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaeea',
    500: '#8a8de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8de0;
$custom-light: #afaeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.907,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.29835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DE0

secondary

#EEEED7

accent

#C020C6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DE0

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

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