#8C8ECA#8C8ECA

#8C8ECA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8ECA
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(238, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(238, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 13.06, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 33.80, 292.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0188 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.089 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1460, 29.1849, 59.8579)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8ECA #CAC88C

analogous

#8CADCA #8C8ECA #A98CCA

triadic

#8C8ECA #CA8C8E #8ECA8C

tetradic

#8C8ECA #CA8CAD #CAC88C #8CCAA9

square

#8C8ECA #CA8CAD #CAC88C #8CCAA9

split-complementary

#8C8ECA #CAA98C #ADCA8C

monochromatic

#454896 #6265B7 #8C8ECA #B6B7DD #E0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8C8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#8C8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8ECA

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8ECA	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafda',
    500: '#8c8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8eca;
$custom-light: #afafda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66821,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8ECA

secondary

#E3E2CF

accent

#AC36B0

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FA

border

#CFCED3

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8ECA

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

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