#8A8AA2#8A8AA2

#8A8AA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.036 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AA2
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 5.05, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 13.65, 291.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0094 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.036 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0899, 26.1886, 37.8558)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AA2 #A2A28A

analogous

#8A96A2 #8A8AA2 #968AA2

triadic

#8A8AA2 #A28A8A #8AA28A

tetradic

#8A8AA2 #A28A96 #A2A28A #8AA296

square

#8A8AA2 #A28A96 #A2A28A #8AA296

split-complementary

#8A8AA2 #A2968A #96A28A

monochromatic

#4F4F63 #6A6A85 #8A8AA2 #ACACBD #CECED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8A8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AA2

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AA2	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.036 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacbd',
    500: '#8a8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aa2;
$custom-light: #acacbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64165,
    "c": 0.03562,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AA2

secondary

#C9C9BF

accent

#B473B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AA2

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

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