#8E8EE5#8E8EE5

#8E8EE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EE5
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 20.78, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 48.76, 295.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0275 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.127 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9672, 30.7526, 78.2070)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EE5 #E5E58E

analogous

#8EB9E5 #8E8EE5 #B98EE5

triadic

#8E8EE5 #E58E8E #8EE58E

tetradic

#8E8EE5 #E58EB9 #E5E58E #8EE5B9

square

#8E8EE5 #E58EB9 #E5E58E #8EE5B9

split-complementary

#8E8EE5 #E5B98E #B9E58E

monochromatic

#2F2FCA #5C5CDA #8E8EE5 #C0C0F0 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8E8EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#8E8EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EE5

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EE5	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D94E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2afed',
    500: '#8e8ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ee5;
$custom-light: #b2afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68295,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EE5

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CA1BCA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EE5

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

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