#8A8AAF#8A8AAF

#8A8AAF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.055 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AAF
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 8.06, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 21.01, 292.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.014 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.055 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3057, 26.6749, 44.2593)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AAF #AFAF8A

analogous

#8A9DAF #8A8AAF #9D8AAF

triadic

#8A8AAF #AF8A8A #8AAF8A

tetradic

#8A8AAF #AF8A9D #AFAF8A #8AAF9D

square

#8A8AAF #AF8A9D #AFAF8A #8AAF9D

split-complementary

#8A8AAF #AF9D8A #9DAF8A

monochromatic

#4D4D71 #666696 #8A8AAF #AEAEC8 #D3D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AAF

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AAF	1.00	3.31	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.31	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)

#818EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.055 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc7',
    500: '#8a8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aaf;
$custom-light: #acacc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64672,
    "c": 0.05493,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AAF

secondary

#D1D1C3

accent

#9D489D

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AAF

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

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