#8E8EC2#8E8EC2

#8E8EC2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.077 H 284.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EC2
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(240, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 11.63, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 29.33, 293.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0187 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.077 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5634, 28.9912, 55.0141)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EC2 #C2C28E

analogous

#8EA8C2 #8E8EC2 #A88EC2

triadic

#8E8EC2 #C28E8E #8EC28E

tetradic

#8E8EC2 #C28EA8 #C2C28E #8EC2A8

square

#8E8EC2 #C28EA8 #C2C28E #8EC2A8

split-complementary

#8E8EC2 #C2A88E #A8C28E

monochromatic

#4B4B8B #6666AD #8E8EC2 #B6B6D7 #DDDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8E8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8E8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EC2

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EC2	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8297A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.077 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0afd4',
    500: '#8e8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ec2;
$custom-light: #b0afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6662,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EC2

secondary

#DEDECD

accent

#A93DA9

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FA

border

#CFCED3

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EC2

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

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