#8A8CA0#8A8CA0

#8A8CA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.030 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA0
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 3.47, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 11.36, 287.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.0057 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.03 281)
XYZ	xyz(26.2031, 26.6972, 37.0235)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA0 #A09E8A

analogous

#8A97A0 #8A8CA0 #938AA0

triadic

#8A8CA0 #A08A8C #8CA08A

tetradic

#8A8CA0 #A08A97 #A09E8A #8AA093

square

#8A8CA0 #A08A97 #A09E8A #8AA093

split-complementary

#8A8CA0 #A0938A #97A08A

monochromatic

#4F5061 #6A6C83 #8A8CA0 #ACADBB #CECED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA0

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA0	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.030 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadbc',
    500: '#8a8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca0;
$custom-light: #acadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64516,
    "c": 0.02978,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.26698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA0

secondary

#C7C6BF

accent

#AE74B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA0

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

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