#8A8CA5#8A8CA5

#8A8CA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.037 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA5
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(236, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 4.59, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 14.18, 288.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.0075 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.037 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6493, 26.8757, 39.3735)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA5 #A5A38A

analogous

#8A9AA5 #8A8CA5 #968AA5

triadic

#8A8CA5 #A58A8C #8CA58A

tetradic

#8A8CA5 #A58A9A #A5A38A #8AA596

square

#8A8CA5 #A58A9A #A5A38A #8AA596

split-complementary

#8A8CA5 #A5968A #9AA58A

monochromatic

#4F5066 #696B89 #8A8CA5 #ADAEC0 #CFD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.037 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadbf',
    500: '#8a8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca5;
$custom-light: #acadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.0372,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA5

secondary

#CBCAC0

accent

#B172B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA5

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

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