#8A8EDE#8A8EDE

#8A8EDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EDE
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(237, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 17.81, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 44.91, 293.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0216 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.118 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3353, 30.0219, 73.1315)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EDE #DEDA8A

analogous

#8AB8DE #8A8EDE #B08ADE

triadic

#8A8EDE #DE8A8E #8EDE8A

tetradic

#8A8EDE #DE8AB8 #DEDA8A #8ADEB0

square

#8A8EDE #DE8AB8 #DEDA8A #8ADEB0

split-complementary

#8A8EDE #DEB08A #B8DE8A

monochromatic

#343BB9 #5A60D1 #8A8EDE #BABCEB #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8A8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EDE

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EDE	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F92DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafe8',
    500: '#8a8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ede;
$custom-light: #afafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67634,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EDE

secondary

#EDECD6

accent

#BC22C4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EDE

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

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