#8A8CA3#8A8CA3

#8A8CA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.034 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA3
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(235, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 4.13, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 13.05, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0068 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.034 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4687, 26.8035, 38.4223)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA3 #A3A18A

analogous

#8A99A3 #8A8CA3 #958AA3

triadic

#8A8CA3 #A38A8C #8CA38A

tetradic

#8A8CA3 #A38A99 #A3A18A #8AA395

square

#8A8CA3 #A38A99 #A3A18A #8AA395

split-complementary

#8A8CA3 #A3958A #99A38A

monochromatic

#4F5064 #6A6C86 #8A8CA3 #ACAEBE #CFCFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#8A8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA3

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA3	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.034 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadbe',
    500: '#8a8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca3;
$custom-light: #acadbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.03423,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA3

secondary

#C9C9BF

accent

#B073B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA3

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

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