#8B8ADE#8B8ADE

#8B8ADE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8ADE
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(241, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(241, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 20.40, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 47.34, 295.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0279 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.123 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9170, 28.9387, 72.9444)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8ADE #DDDE8A

analogous

#8AB3DE #8B8ADE #B58ADE

triadic

#8B8ADE #DE8B8A #8ADE8B

tetradic

#8B8ADE #DE8AB3 #DDDE8A #8ADEB5

square

#8B8ADE #DE8AB3 #DDDE8A #8ADEB5

split-complementary

#8B8ADE #DEB58A #B3DE8A

monochromatic

#3634B9 #5C5AD1 #8B8ADE #BABAEB #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8B8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8ADE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8ADE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E95E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ace8',
    500: '#8b8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8ade;
$custom-light: #b0ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66927,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8ADE

secondary

#EDEDD6

accent

#C422C2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8ADE

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

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