#8B88CD#8B88CD

#8B88CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B88CD
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 205)
HSL	hsl(243, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(243, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 17.03, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 39.11, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0267 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.102 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4681, 27.5042, 61.4493)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B88CD #CACD88

analogous

#88A8CD #8B88CD #AE88CD

triadic

#8B88CD #CD8B88 #88CD8B

tetradic

#8B88CD #CD88A8 #CACD88 #88CDAE

square

#8B88CD #CD88A8 #CACD88 #88CDAE

split-complementary

#8B88CD #CDAE88 #A8CD88

monochromatic

#45419A #615DBB #8B88CD #B5B3DF #DFDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B88CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8B88CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B88CD

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B88CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B88CD	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A95A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b88cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaadc',
    500: '#8b88cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b88cd;
$custom-light: #afaadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b88cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B88CD

secondary

#E2E3CD

accent

#B432AE

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B88CD

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

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