#8A8EC0#8A8EC0

#8A8EC0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.074 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EC0
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(236, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 9.91, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 28.22, 290.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0137 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.074 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6662, 28.5543, 53.8075)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EC0 #C0BC8A

analogous

#8AA9C0 #8A8EC0 #A18AC0

triadic

#8A8EC0 #C08A8E #8EC08A

tetradic

#8A8EC0 #C08AA9 #C0BC8A #8AC0A1

square

#8A8EC0 #C08AA9 #C0BC8A #8AC0A1

split-complementary

#8A8EC0 #C0A18A #A9C08A

monochromatic

#494D87 #6268AB #8A8EC0 #B2B4D5 #DADBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A8EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A8EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EC0

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EC0	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D979F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.074 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd3',
    500: '#8a8ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ec0;
$custom-light: #adafd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EC0

secondary

#DCDBCA

accent

#A13DA9

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EC0

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

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