#8C8CD5#8C8CD5

#8C8CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CD5
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(240, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 17.09, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 41.13, 294.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0244 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.107 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2002, 29.1347, 66.8649)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CD5 #D5D58C

analogous

#8CB1D5 #8C8CD5 #B18CD5

triadic

#8C8CD5 #D58C8C #8CD58C

tetradic

#8C8CD5 #D58CB1 #D5D58C #8CD5B1

square

#8C8CD5 #D58CB1 #D5D58C #8CD5B1

split-complementary

#8C8CD5 #D5B18C #B1D58C

monochromatic

#3E3EA9 #5F5FC5 #8C8CD5 #B9B9E5 #E6E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8C8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8C8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CD5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CD5	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7695D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#799AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ade2',
    500: '#8c8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8cd5;
$custom-light: #b0ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66943,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CD5

secondary

#E9E9D4

accent

#BA2CBA

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CD5

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

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