#8C8DC1#8C8DC1

#8C8DC1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.077 H 283.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8DC1
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(239, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 11.35, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 29.36, 292.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0176 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.077 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9632, 28.4748, 54.3593)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8DC1 #C1C08C

analogous

#8CA7C1 #8C8DC1 #A58CC1

triadic

#8C8DC1 #C18C8D #8DC18C

tetradic

#8C8DC1 #C18CA7 #C1C08C #8CC1A5

square

#8C8DC1 #C18CA7 #C1C08C #8CC1A5

split-complementary

#8C8DC1 #C1A58C #A7C18C

monochromatic

#4A4B89 #6466AC #8C8DC1 #B4B4D6 #DCDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8C8DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8C8DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8DC1

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8DC1	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.077 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaed4',
    500: '#8c8dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8dc1;
$custom-light: #aeaed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.868,
    "s": 29.944,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.07687,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8DC1

secondary

#DDDDCB

accent

#A73DA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8DC1

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

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