#8C8CD9#8C8CD9

#8C8CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CD9
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 18.16, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 43.35, 294.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0253 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.113 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7142, 29.3403, 69.5718)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CD9 #D9D98C

analogous

#8CB2D9 #8C8CD9 #B28CD9

triadic

#8C8CD9 #D98C8C #8CD98C

tetradic

#8C8CD9 #D98CB3 #D9D98C #8CD9B3

square

#8C8CD9 #D98CB3 #D9D98C #8CD9B3

split-complementary

#8C8CD9 #D9B38C #B3D98C

monochromatic

#3A3AB0 #5E5ECA #8C8CD9 #BABAE8 #E8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8C8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8C8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CD9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CD9	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7496DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ade5',
    500: '#8c8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8cd9;
$custom-light: #b0ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67141,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CD9

secondary

#EBEBD6

accent

#BE28BE

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111015

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CD9

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

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