#8C8BE8#8C8BE8

#8C8BE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.136 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8BE8
RGB	rgb(140, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(241, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(241, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 22.83, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 52.24, 295.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0297 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.136 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6091, 29.8655, 80.2694)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8BE8 #E7E88B

analogous

#8BB9E8 #8C8BE8 #BA8BE8

triadic

#8C8BE8 #E88C8B #8BE88C

tetradic

#8C8BE8 #E88BB9 #E7E88B #8BE8BA

square

#8C8BE8 #E88BB9 #E7E88B #8BE8BA

split-complementary

#8C8BE8 #E8BA8B #B9E88B

monochromatic

#2B29CF #5958DE #8C8BE8 #BFBEF2 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8C8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8C8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8BE8

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8BE8	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B98EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6792E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.136 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acf0',
    500: '#8c8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8be8;
$custom-light: #b1acf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.645,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67724,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8BE8

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CF17CD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8BE8

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

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