#8A8AAA#8A8AAA

#8A8AAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.048 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AAA
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 6.88, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 18.18, 292.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.0123 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.048 285)
XYZ	xyz(26.8237, 26.4821, 41.7208)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AAA #AAAA8A

analogous

#8A9AAA #8A8AAA #9A8AAA

triadic

#8A8AAA #AA8A8A #8AAA8A

tetradic

#8A8AAA #AA8A9A #AAAA8A #8AAA9A

square

#8A8AAA #AA8A9A #AAAA8A #8AAA9A

split-complementary

#8A8AAA #AA9A8A #9AAA8A

monochromatic

#4E4E6C #68688F #8A8AAA #ADADC4 #D1D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8A8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#8A8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AAA

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AAA	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.048 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc3',
    500: '#8a8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aaa;
$custom-light: #acacc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64472,
    "c": 0.04752,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.26483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AAA

secondary

#CECEC2

accent

#9A4B9A

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AAA

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

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