#8C8DEC#8C8DEC

#8C8DEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.138 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8DEC
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(239, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(239, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 22.77, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 53.22, 295.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0279 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.138 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4760, 30.6799, 83.3932)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8DEC #ECEB8C

analogous

#8CBDEC #8C8DEC #BB8CEC

triadic

#8C8DEC #EC8C8D #8DEC8C

tetradic

#8C8DEC #EC8CBD #ECEB8C #8CECBB

square

#8C8DEC #EC8CBD #ECEB8C #8CECBB

split-complementary

#8C8DEC #ECBB8C #BDEC8C

monochromatic

#2426DA #5759E3 #8C8DEC #C1C1F5 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8C8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#8C8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8DEC

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8DEC	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6793EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.138 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aef2',
    500: '#8c8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8dec;
$custom-light: #b1aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68321,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8DEC

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D212D4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8DEC

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

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