#8E8EE2#8E8EE2

#8E8EE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EE2
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 19.96, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 47.11, 295.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0269 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.123 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5519, 30.5865, 76.0201)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EE2 #E2E28E

analogous

#8EB8E2 #8E8EE2 #B88EE2

triadic

#8E8EE2 #E28E8E #8EE28E

tetradic

#8E8EE2 #E28EB8 #E2E28E #8EE2B8

square

#8E8EE2 #E28EB8 #E2E28E #8EE2B8

split-complementary

#8E8EE2 #E2B88E #B8E28E

monochromatic

#3232C3 #5D5DD6 #8E8EE2 #BFBFEE #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8E8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8E8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EE2

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EE2	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7399E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F93E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2afeb',
    500: '#8e8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ee2;
$custom-light: #b2afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EE2

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C71FC7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EE2

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

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