#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
RGBrgb(140, 140, 237)
HSLhsl(240, 73%, 74%)
HSVhsv(240, 41%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(40.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.04, 23.63, -48.97)
CIE-LCHlch(62.04, 54.37, 295.76°)
OKLaboklab(68.18% 0.0293 -0.138)
OKLCHoklch(68.18% 0.141 282)
XYZxyz(35.4749, 30.4446, 84.1116)
Luminance0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##8C8CED1.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

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

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#8C8CED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva