#8A8AAE#8A8AAE

#8A8AAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.053 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AAE
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 7.82, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 20.45, 292.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0137 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.053 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2079, 26.6358, 43.7440)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AAE #AEAE8A

analogous

#8A9CAE #8A8AAE #9C8AAE

triadic

#8A8AAE #AE8A8A #8AAE8A

tetradic

#8A8AAE #AE8A9C #AEAE8A #8AAE9C

square

#8A8AAE #AE8A9C #AEAE8A #8AAE9C

split-complementary

#8A8AAE #AE9C8A #9CAE8A

monochromatic

#4E4E70 #676794 #8A8AAE #AEAEC7 #D2D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AAE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AAE	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.053 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc6',
    500: '#8a8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aae;
$custom-light: #acacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.05345,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AAE

secondary

#D1D1C3

accent

#9C499C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AAE

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

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