#8A8EC2#8A8EC2

#8A8EC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.077 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EC2
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 10.42, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 29.34, 290.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0143 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.077 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8893, 28.6435, 54.9824)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EC2 #C2BE8A

analogous

#8AAAC2 #8A8EC2 #A28AC2

triadic

#8A8EC2 #C28A8E #8EC28A

tetradic

#8A8EC2 #C28AAA #C2BE8A #8AC2A2

square

#8A8EC2 #C28AAA #C2BE8A #8AC2A2

split-complementary

#8A8EC2 #C2A28A #AAC28A

monochromatic

#484D8A #6267AD #8A8EC2 #B2B5D7 #DADCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8A8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EC2

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EC2	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C90C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C97A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.077 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd4',
    500: '#8a8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ec2;
$custom-light: #adafd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66305,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EC2

secondary

#DDDCCA

accent

#A23BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EC2

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

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