#8C8AAA#8C8AAA

#8C8AAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.047 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8AAA
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(244, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(244, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 7.54, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 18.21, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0146 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.047 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1578, 26.6544, 41.7364)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8AAA #A8AA8A

analogous

#8A98AA #8C8AAA #9C8AAA

triadic

#8C8AAA #AA8C8A #8AAA8C

tetradic

#8C8AAA #AA8A98 #A8AA8A #8AAA9C

square

#8C8AAA #AA8A98 #A8AA8A #8AAA9C

split-complementary

#8C8AAA #AA9C8A #98AA8A

monochromatic

#504E6C #6A688F #8C8AAA #AFADC4 #D2D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8C8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8C8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8AAA

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8AAA	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.047 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacc3',
    500: '#8c8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8aaa;
$custom-light: #aeacc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64637,
    "c": 0.04744,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8AAA

secondary

#CDCEC2

accent

#9A4B95

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8AAA

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

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