#8A8CA4#8A8CA4

#8A8CA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.036 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA4
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(235, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 4.36, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 13.62, 288.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0072 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.036 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5586, 26.8394, 38.8961)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA4 #A4A28A

analogous

#8A99A4 #8A8CA4 #958AA4

triadic

#8A8CA4 #A48A8C #8CA48A

tetradic

#8A8CA4 #A48A99 #A4A28A #8AA495

square

#8A8CA4 #A48A99 #A4A28A #8AA495

split-complementary

#8A8CA4 #A4958A #99A48A

monochromatic

#4F5065 #696C87 #8A8CA4 #ACAEBF #CFD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8A8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA4

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA4	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.036 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadbf',
    500: '#8a8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca4;
$custom-light: #acadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.03572,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA4

secondary

#CAC9C0

accent

#B072B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA4

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

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