#8A8EC6#8A8EC6

#8A8EC6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.083 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EC6
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(236, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 11.44, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 31.58, 291.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0154 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.083 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3445, 28.8256, 57.3803)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EC6 #C6C28A

analogous

#8AACC6 #8A8EC6 #A48AC6

triadic

#8A8EC6 #C68A8E #8EC68A

tetradic

#8A8EC6 #C68AAC #C6C28A #8AC6A4

square

#8A8EC6 #C68AAC #C6C28A #8AC6A4

split-complementary

#8A8EC6 #C6A48A #ACC68A

monochromatic

#464B90 #6166B2 #8A8EC6 #B3B6DA #DCDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EC6

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EC6	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E94C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B98A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.083 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd7',
    500: '#8a8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ec6;
$custom-light: #adafd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66484,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EC6

secondary

#E0DECC

accent

#A638AD

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EC6

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

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