#8A8CA6#8A8CA6

#8A8CA6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.039 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA6
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 4.81, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 14.75, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0079 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.039 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7407, 26.9123, 39.8548)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA6 #A6A48A

analogous

#8A9AA6 #8A8CA6 #968AA6

triadic

#8A8CA6 #A68A8C #8CA68A

tetradic

#8A8CA6 #A68A9A #A6A48A #8AA696

square

#8A8CA6 #A68A9A #A6A48A #8AA696

split-complementary

#8A8CA6 #A6968A #9AA68A

monochromatic

#4E5067 #696B8A #8A8CA6 #ADAEC0 #D0D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA6

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA6	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)

#868FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.039 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc0',
    500: '#8a8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca6;
$custom-light: #acadc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64739,
    "c": 0.03869,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA6

secondary

#CBCBC0

accent

#B171B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA6

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

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