#8C8AEB#8C8AEB

#8C8AEB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.141 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8AEB
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(241, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 24.24, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 54.50, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0315 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.141 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8948, 29.7492, 82.4847)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8AEB #E9EB8A

analogous

#8AB8EB #8C8AEB #BC8AEB

triadic

#8C8AEB #EB8C8A #8AEB8C

tetradic

#8C8AEB #EB8AB8 #E9EB8A #8AEBBC

square

#8C8AEB #EB8AB8 #E9EB8A #8AEBBC

split-complementary

#8C8AEB #EBBC8A #B8EB8A

monochromatic

#2825D6 #5956E2 #8C8AEB #BFBEF4 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8C8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8C8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8AEB

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8AEB	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6898EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6391E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#709DAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.141 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acf2',
    500: '#8c8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8aeb;
$custom-light: #b1acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.237,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67695,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8AEB

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D313CF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8AEB

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

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