#8C8EEA#8C8EEA

#8C8EEA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.134 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EEA
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 234)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(239, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 39.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 21.64, -46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 51.51, 294.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0263 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.134 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3352, 30.8605, 81.9208)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EEA #EAE88C

analogous

#8CBDEA #8C8EEA #B98CEA

triadic

#8C8EEA #EA8C8E #8EEA8C

tetradic

#8C8EEA #EA8CBD #EAE88C #8CEAB9

square

#8C8EEA #EA8CBD #EAE88C #8CEAB9

split-complementary

#8C8EEA #EAB98C #BDEA8C

monochromatic

#272BD5 #585BE1 #8C8EEA #C0C1F3 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8C8EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8C8EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EEA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EEA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6994E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.134 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aff1',
    500: '#8c8eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8eea;
$custom-light: #b1aff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.723,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EEA

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#CD14D1

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EEA

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

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