#8C8BC4#8C8BC4

#8C8BC4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.084 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8BC4
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(241, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(241, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 13.26, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 32.25, 294.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0213 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.084 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0091, 28.0255, 56.0422)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8BC4 #C3C48B

analogous

#8BA6C4 #8C8BC4 #A88BC4

triadic

#8C8BC4 #C48C8B #8BC48C

tetradic

#8C8BC4 #C48BA6 #C3C48B #8BC4A8

square

#8C8BC4 #C48BA6 #C3C48B #8BC4A8

split-complementary

#8C8BC4 #C4A88B #A6C48B

monochromatic

#49488D #6462AF #8C8BC4 #B4B4D9 #DCDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8C8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8C8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8BC4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8BC4	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B92C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.084 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacd6',
    500: '#8c8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8bc4;
$custom-light: #afacd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.053,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65941,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8BC4

secondary

#DFDFCC

accent

#AB3AA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8BC4

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

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