#8A8CA2#8A8CA2

#8A8CA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.033 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA2
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(235, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 3.91, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 12.49, 288.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0064 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.033 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3795, 26.7678, 37.9523)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA2 #A2A08A

analogous

#8A98A2 #8A8CA2 #948AA2

triadic

#8A8CA2 #A28A8C #8CA28A

tetradic

#8A8CA2 #A28A98 #A2A08A #8AA294

square

#8A8CA2 #A28A98 #A2A08A #8AA294

split-complementary

#8A8CA2 #A2948A #98A28A

monochromatic

#4F5063 #6A6C85 #8A8CA2 #ACAEBD #CECFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8A8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA2

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA2	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.033 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadbd',
    500: '#8a8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca2;
$custom-light: #acadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64589,
    "c": 0.03275,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA2

secondary

#C9C8BF

accent

#AF73B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA2

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

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