#8C8EC4#8C8EC4

#8C8EC4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.080 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EC4
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 11.53, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 30.45, 292.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0171 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.08 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4494, 28.9062, 56.1890)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EC4 #C4C28C

analogous

#8CAAC4 #8C8EC4 #A68CC4

triadic

#8C8EC4 #C48C8E #8EC48C

tetradic

#8C8EC4 #C48CAA #C4C28C #8CC4A6

square

#8C8EC4 #C48CAA #C4C28C #8CC4A6

split-complementary

#8C8EC4 #C4A68C #AAC48C

monochromatic

#484B8D #6466AF #8C8EC4 #B4B6D9 #DDDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8C8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8C8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EC4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EC4	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E98A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.080 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafd6',
    500: '#8c8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ec4;
$custom-light: #afafd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 32.184,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6655,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EC4

secondary

#DFDECD

accent

#A73BAB

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F4FA

border

#CECED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EC4

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

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