#8B8DCE#8B8DCE

#8B8DCE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.096 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8DCE
RGB	rgb(139, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(238, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(238, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 14.38, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 36.63, 293.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0201 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.096 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3099, 28.9940, 62.3273)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8DCE #CECC8B

analogous

#8BAECE #8B8DCE #AA8BCE

triadic

#8B8DCE #CE8B8D #8DCE8B

tetradic

#8B8DCE #CE8BAE #CECC8B #8BCEAA

square

#8B8DCE #CE8BAE #CECC8B #8BCEAA

split-complementary

#8B8DCE #CEAA8B #AECE8B

monochromatic

#42459C #6063BC #8B8DCE #B6B7E0 #E1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8B8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8DCE

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8DCE	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A99A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.096 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaedd',
    500: '#8b8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8dce;
$custom-light: #afaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.209,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66728,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8DCE

secondary

#E5E4D0

accent

#B032B4

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8DCE

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

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