#8C8CED#8C8CED

#8C8CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.141 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CED
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 23.63, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.37, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0293 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.141 282)
XYZ	xyz(35.4749, 30.4446, 84.1116)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CED #EDED8C

analogous

#8CBDED #8C8CED #BD8CED

triadic

#8C8CED #ED8C8C #8CED8C

tetradic

#8C8CED #ED8CBD #EDED8C #8CEDBD

square

#8C8CED #ED8CBD #EDED8C #8CEDBD

split-complementary

#8C8CED #EDBD8C #BDED8C

monochromatic

#2222DC #5757E5 #8C8CED #C1C1F5 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8C8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8C8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CED

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CED	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6999F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6593EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F9FB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.141 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1adf3',
    500: '#8c8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ced;
$custom-light: #b1adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.30446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CED

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D510D5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CED

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

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