#8C8EC2#8C8EC2

#8C8EC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.077 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EC2
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(238, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 11.02, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 29.33, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0165 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.077 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2233, 28.8158, 54.9981)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EC2 #C2C08C

analogous

#8CA9C2 #8C8EC2 #A58CC2

triadic

#8C8EC2 #C28C8E #8EC28C

tetradic

#8C8EC2 #C28CA9 #C2C08C #8CC2A5

square

#8C8EC2 #C28CA9 #C2C08C #8CC2A5

split-complementary

#8C8EC2 #C2A58C #A9C28C

monochromatic

#494C8A #6467AD #8C8EC2 #B4B5D7 #DCDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8C8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#8C8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EC2

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EC2	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F97A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.077 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafd4',
    500: '#8c8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ec2;
$custom-light: #aeafd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 30.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.0769,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EC2

secondary

#DEDDCC

accent

#A53CA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EC2

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

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