#8A8ECD#8A8ECD

#8A8ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.093 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ECD
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 13.26, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 35.48, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0174 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.093 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1706, 29.1561, 61.7311)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ECD #CDC98A

analogous

#8AB0CD #8A8ECD #A88ACD

triadic

#8A8ECD #CD8A8E #8ECD8A

tetradic

#8A8ECD #CD8AB0 #CDC98A #8ACDA8

square

#8A8ECD #CD8AB0 #CDC98A #8ACDA8

split-complementary

#8A8ECD #CDA88A #B0CD8A

monochromatic

#42479B #5F65BB #8A8ECD #B5B7DF #E0E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8A8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ECD

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ECD	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#789AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.093 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafdc',
    500: '#8a8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ecd;
$custom-light: #aeafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.418,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ECD

secondary

#E4E3CF

accent

#AB32B3

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FB

border

#CECED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ECD

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

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