#8A8ED8#8A8ED8

#8A8ED8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8ED8
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(237, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 16.18, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 41.59, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0202 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.109 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5454, 29.7060, 68.9715)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8ED8 #D8D48A

analogous

#8AB5D8 #8A8ED8 #AD8AD8

triadic

#8A8ED8 #D88A8E #8ED88A

tetradic

#8A8ED8 #D88AB5 #D8D48A #8AD8AD

square

#8A8ED8 #D88AB5 #D8D48A #8AD8AD

split-complementary

#8A8ED8 #D8AD8A #B5D88A

monochromatic

#3A40AE #5C62C9 #8A8ED8 #B8BAE7 #E6E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A8ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A8ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8ED8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8ED8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7292D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafe4',
    500: '#8a8ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ed8;
$custom-light: #aeafe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67334,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8ED8

secondary

#EAE9D4

accent

#B628BD

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F5F4FC

border

#CFCED5

text

#111015

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8ED8

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

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