#8C8DC2#8C8DC2

#8C8DC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.078 H 283.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8DC2
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(239, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 11.60, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 29.92, 292.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0179 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.078 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0752, 28.5195, 54.9487)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8DC2 #C2C18C

analogous

#8CA8C2 #8C8DC2 #A68CC2

triadic

#8C8DC2 #C28C8D #8DC28C

tetradic

#8C8DC2 #C28CA8 #C2C18C #8CC2A6

square

#8C8DC2 #C28CA8 #C2C18C #8CC2A6

split-complementary

#8C8DC2 #C2A68C #A8C28C

monochromatic

#494B8A #6465AD #8C8DC2 #B4B5D7 #DCDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8C8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8C8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8DC2

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8DC2	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C90C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F96A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.078 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaed4',
    500: '#8c8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8dc2;
$custom-light: #afaed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.889,
    "s": 30.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66258,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8DC2

secondary

#DEDECC

accent

#A73CA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8DC2

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

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