#8A8A9E#8A8A9E

#8A8A9E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.030 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A9E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 4.17, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 11.37, 291.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0079 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.03 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7400, 26.0486, 36.0129)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A9E #9E9E8A

analogous

#8A949E #8A8A9E #948A9E

triadic

#8A8A9E #9E8A8A #8A9E8A

tetradic

#8A8A9E #9E8A94 #9E9E8A #8A9E94

square

#8A8A9E #9E8A94 #9E9E8A #8A9E94

split-complementary

#8A8A9E #9E948A #949E8A

monochromatic

#4F4F5F #6A6A80 #8A8A9E #ABABBA #CDCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8A8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A9E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A9E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.030 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacba',
    500: '#8a8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a9e;
$custom-light: #acacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64018,
    "c": 0.02966,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A9E

secondary

#C6C6BE

accent

#B275B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A9E

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

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