#8A8CA7#8A8CA7

#8A8CA7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.040 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CA7
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 5.04, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 15.31, 289.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0083 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.04 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8328, 26.9491, 40.3397)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CA7 #A7A58A

analogous

#8A9BA7 #8A8CA7 #978AA7

triadic

#8A8CA7 #A78A8C #8CA78A

tetradic

#8A8CA7 #A78A9B #A7A58A #8AA797

square

#8A8CA7 #A78A9B #A7A58A #8AA797

split-complementary

#8A8CA7 #A7978A #9BA78A

monochromatic

#4E5068 #696B8B #8A8CA7 #ADAEC1 #D0D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8A8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CA7

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CA7	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.040 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc1',
    500: '#8a8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ca7;
$custom-light: #acadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 14.146,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64777,
    "c": 0.04017,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CA7

secondary

#CCCBC1

accent

#B271B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CA7

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

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