#8C8ECB#8C8ECB

#8C8ECB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.090 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8ECB
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(238, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(238, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 13.31, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 34.36, 292.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0191 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.09 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2648, 29.2324, 60.4835)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8ECB #CBC98C

analogous

#8CAECB #8C8ECB #A98CCB

triadic

#8C8ECB #CB8C8E #8ECB8C

tetradic

#8C8ECB #CB8CAE #CBC98C #8CCBA9

square

#8C8ECB #CB8CAE #CBC98C #8CCBA9

split-complementary

#8C8ECB #CBA98C #AECB8C

monochromatic

#454798 #6265B8 #8C8ECB #B6B7DE #E0E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8C8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8C8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8ECB

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8ECB	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C99A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.090 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafdb',
    500: '#8c8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ecb;
$custom-light: #afafdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.095,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66867,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8ECB

secondary

#E3E3CF

accent

#AD35B1

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8ECB

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

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