#8A91DC#8A91DC

#8A91DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.111 H 278.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91DC
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 220)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 15.52, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 42.02, 291.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0172 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.111 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5212, 30.8201, 71.8789)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91DC #DCD58A

analogous

#8ABADC #8A91DC #AC8ADC

triadic

#8A91DC #DC8A91 #91DC8A

tetradic

#8A91DC #DC8ABA #DCD58A #8ADCAC

square

#8A91DC #DC8ABA #DCD58A #8ADCAC

split-complementary

#8A91DC #DCAC8A #BADC8A

monochromatic

#3641B5 #5B65CE #8A91DC #B9BDEA #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A91DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8A91DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91DC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91DC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.111 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb1e7',
    500: '#8a91dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91dc;
$custom-light: #afb1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.878,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68128,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91DC

secondary

#ECEAD6

accent

#B424C1

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F5F4FC

border

#CFCED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91DC

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

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