#8C8BE7#8C8BE7

#8C8BE7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8BE7
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(241, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(241, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 22.55, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 51.69, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0295 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.134 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4675, 29.8089, 79.5234)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8BE7 #E6E78B

analogous

#8BB8E7 #8C8BE7 #BA8BE7

triadic

#8C8BE7 #E78C8B #8BE78C

tetradic

#8C8BE7 #E78BB8 #E6E78B #8BE7BA

square

#8C8BE7 #E78BB8 #E6E78B #8BE7BA

split-complementary

#8C8BE7 #E7BA8B #B8E78B

monochromatic

#2C2ACD #5A58DD #8C8BE7 #BEBEF1 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8C8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#8C8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8BE7

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8BE7	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B98EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acef',
    500: '#8c8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8be7;
$custom-light: #b1acef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8BE7

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CE18CC

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8BE7

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

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