#8A8A9D#8A8A9D

#8A8A9D is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.028 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A9D
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 3.95, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 10.81, 291.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0076 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.028 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6542, 26.0143, 35.5615)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A9D #9D9D8A

analogous

#8A939D #8A8A9D #938A9D

triadic

#8A8A9D #9D8A8A #8A9D8A

tetradic

#8A8A9D #9D8A93 #9D9D8A #8A9D93

square

#8A8A9D #9D8A93 #9D9D8A #8A9D93

split-complementary

#8A8A9D #9D938A #939D8A

monochromatic

#4F4F5E #6B6B7F #8A8A9D #ABABB9 #CDCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8A8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8A8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A9D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A9D	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.028 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacba',
    500: '#8a8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a9d;
$custom-light: #acacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.02818,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A9D

secondary

#C5C5BE

accent

#B276B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A9D

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

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