#8B8AEE#8B8AEE

#8B8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.145 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8AEE
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(241, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(241, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 24.83, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 56.14, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0309 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.145 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1641, 29.8375, 84.7788)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8AEE #EDEE8A

analogous

#8ABBEE #8B8AEE #BD8AEE

triadic

#8B8AEE #EE8B8A #8AEE8B

tetradic

#8B8AEE #EE8ABB #EDEE8A #8AEEBD

square

#8B8AEE #EE8ABB #EDEE8A #8AEEBD

split-complementary

#8B8AEE #EEBD8A #BBEE8A

monochromatic

#2220DD #5655E6 #8B8AEE #C0BFF6 #E5E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8B8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8B8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8AEE

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8AEE	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6698F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.145 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acf4',
    500: '#8b8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8aee;
$custom-light: #b1acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67784,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8AEE

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D70FD5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8AEE

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

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