#8A8BA2#8A8BA2

#8A8BA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.034 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8BA2
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(238, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 4.48, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 13.06, 290.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0079 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.034 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2340, 26.4769, 37.9038)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8BA2 #A2A18A

analogous

#8A97A2 #8A8BA2 #958AA2

triadic

#8A8BA2 #A28A8B #8BA28A

tetradic

#8A8BA2 #A28A97 #A2A18A #8AA295

square

#8A8BA2 #A28A97 #A2A18A #8AA295

split-complementary

#8A8BA2 #A2958A #97A28A

monochromatic

#4F4F63 #6A6B85 #8A8BA2 #ACADBD #CECFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8A8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#8A8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8BA2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8BA2	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)

#858DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.034 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacbd',
    500: '#8a8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ba2;
$custom-light: #acacbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64377,
    "c": 0.03416,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8BA2

secondary

#C9C8BF

accent

#B273B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8BA2

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

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