#8A8A9F#8A8A9F

#8A8A9F is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.031 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A9F
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 4.39, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 11.94, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0083 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.031 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8264, 26.0832, 36.4681)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A9F #9F9F8A

analogous

#8A949F #8A8A9F #948A9F

triadic

#8A8A9F #9F8A8A #8A9F8A

tetradic

#8A8A9F #9F8A94 #9F9F8A #8A9F94

square

#8A8A9F #9F8A94 #9F9F8A #8A9F94

split-complementary

#8A8A9F #9F948A #949F8A

monochromatic

#4F4F60 #6A6A82 #8A8A9F #ACACBB #CDCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A9F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A9F	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.031 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacbb',
    500: '#8a8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a9f;
$custom-light: #acacbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.03115,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A9F

secondary

#C7C7BE

accent

#B375B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A9F

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

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