#8B8EC7#8B8EC7

#8B8EC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.084 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8EC7
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(237, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 11.99, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 32.13, 291.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0168 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.084 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6265, 28.9577, 57.9975)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8EC7 #C7C48B

analogous

#8BACC7 #8B8EC7 #A68BC7

triadic

#8B8EC7 #C78B8E #8EC78B

tetradic

#8B8EC7 #C78BAC #C7C48B #8BC7A6

square

#8B8EC7 #C78BAC #C7C48B #8BC7A6

split-complementary

#8B8EC7 #C7A68B #ACC78B

monochromatic

#464A91 #6266B3 #8B8EC7 #B4B6DB #DEDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8B8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8B8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8EC7

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8EC7	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)

#7E95C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C98A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.084 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafd8',
    500: '#8b8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8ec7;
$custom-light: #aeafd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66606,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8EC7

secondary

#E1E0CD

accent

#A838AE

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8EC7

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

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