#8C8DCD#8C8DCD

#8C8DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.094 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8DCD
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(239, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(239, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 14.41, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 36.07, 293.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.021 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.094 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3566, 29.0321, 61.6974)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8DCD #CDCC8C

analogous

#8CADCD #8C8DCD #AB8CCD

triadic

#8C8DCD #CD8C8D #8DCD8C

tetradic

#8C8DCD #CD8CAD #CDCC8C #8CCDAB

square

#8C8DCD #CD8CAD #CDCC8C #8CCDAB

split-complementary

#8C8DCD #CDAB8C #ADCD8C

monochromatic

#43459B #6163BA #8C8DCD #B7B7E0 #E1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8C8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8C8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8DCD

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8DCD	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B99A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.094 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaedc',
    500: '#8c8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8dcd;
$custom-light: #afaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66759,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8DCD

secondary

#E4E4D0

accent

#B033B2

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8DCD

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

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