#8A8EC7#8A8EC7

#8A8EC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.084 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EC7
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(236, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 11.70, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 32.13, 291.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0157 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.084 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4603, 28.8719, 57.9897)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EC7 #C7C38A

analogous

#8AACC7 #8A8EC7 #A48AC7

triadic

#8A8EC7 #C78A8E #8EC78A

tetradic

#8A8EC7 #C78AAC #C7C38A #8AC7A4

square

#8A8EC7 #C78AAC #C7C38A #8AC7A4

split-complementary

#8A8EC7 #C7A48A #ACC78A

monochromatic

#454A91 #6166B3 #8A8EC7 #B3B6DB #DDDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EC7

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EC7	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)

#7D95C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A98A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.084 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafd8',
    500: '#8a8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ec7;
$custom-light: #adafd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.066,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EC7

secondary

#E0DFCC

accent

#A637AE

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EC7

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

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