#8A8AAC#8A8AAC

#8A8AAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.050 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AAC
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 7.35, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 19.32, 292.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.013 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.05 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0144, 26.5584, 42.7248)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AAC #ACAC8A

analogous

#8A9BAC #8A8AAC #9B8AAC

triadic

#8A8AAC #AC8A8A #8AAC8A

tetradic

#8A8AAC #AC8A9B #ACAC8A #8AAC9B

square

#8A8AAC #AC8A9B #ACAC8A #8AAC9B

split-complementary

#8A8AAC #AC9B8A #9BAC8A

monochromatic

#4E4E6E #676792 #8A8AAC #AEAEC5 #D2D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8A8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#8A8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AAC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AAC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.050 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc4',
    500: '#8a8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aac;
$custom-light: #acacc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.05049,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AAC

secondary

#CFCFC2

accent

#9B4A9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AAC

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

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