#8A8EC5#8A8EC5

#8A8EC5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.082 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EC5
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(236, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 11.18, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 31.02, 291.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0152 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.082 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2296, 28.7797, 56.7748)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EC5 #C5C18A

analogous

#8AABC5 #8A8EC5 #A38AC5

triadic

#8A8EC5 #C58A8E #8EC58A

tetradic

#8A8EC5 #C58AAB #C5C18A #8AC5A3

square

#8A8EC5 #C58AAB #C5C18A #8AC5A3

split-complementary

#8A8EC5 #C5A38A #ABC58A

monochromatic

#464B8E #6166B1 #8A8EC5 #B3B6D9 #DCDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#8A8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EC5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EC5	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E94C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B98A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.082 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd6',
    500: '#8a8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ec5;
$custom-light: #adafd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66439,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EC5

secondary

#DFDECC

accent

#A539AD

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EC5

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

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