#8C8EC3#8C8EC3

#8C8EC3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.078 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EC3
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(238, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 11.27, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 29.89, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0168 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.078 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3360, 28.8608, 55.5916)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EC3 #C3C18C

analogous

#8CA9C3 #8C8EC3 #A58CC3

triadic

#8C8EC3 #C38C8E #8EC38C

tetradic

#8C8EC3 #C38CA9 #C3C18C #8CC3A5

square

#8C8EC3 #C38CA9 #C3C18C #8CC3A5

split-complementary

#8C8EC3 #C3A58C #A9C38C

monochromatic

#494B8C #6466AE #8C8EC3 #B4B6D8 #DCDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8C8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8C8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EC3

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EC3	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F98A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.078 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafd5',
    500: '#8c8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ec3;
$custom-light: #afafd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.818,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66506,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EC3

secondary

#DFDECC

accent

#A63BAA

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EC3

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

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