#8E87CE#8E87CE

#8E87CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.104 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E87CE
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(246, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 18.73, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 40.33, 297.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0317 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.104 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9570, 27.5342, 62.0642)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E87CE #C7CE87

analogous

#87A4CE #8E87CE #B287CE

triadic

#8E87CE #CE8E87 #87CE8E

tetradic

#8E87CE #CE87A4 #C7CE87 #87CEB2

square

#8E87CE #CE87A4 #C7CE87 #87CEB2

split-complementary

#8E87CE #CEB287 #A4CE87

monochromatic

#483F9B #655CBC #8E87CE #B7B2E0 #E0DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8E87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8E87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E87CE

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E87CE	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F94A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.104 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aadd',
    500: '#8e87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e87ce;
$custom-light: #b1aadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.915,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65778,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E87CE

secondary

#E2E4CD

accent

#B530A8

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E87CE

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

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