#8A8CAA#8A8CAA

#8A8CAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.045 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CAA
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(236, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 5.73, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 17.01, 289.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0093 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.045 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1133, 27.0613, 41.8173)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CAA #AAA88A

analogous

#8A9CAA #8A8CAA #988AAA

triadic

#8A8CAA #AA8A8C #8CAA8A

tetradic

#8A8CAA #AA8A9C #AAA88A #8AAA98

square

#8A8CAA #AA8A9C #AAA88A #8AAA98

split-complementary

#8A8CAA #AA988A #9CAA8A

monochromatic

#4E506C #686A8F #8A8CAA #ADAFC4 #D1D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8A8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CAA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CAA	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.045 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc3',
    500: '#8a8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8caa;
$custom-light: #acadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64892,
    "c": 0.04462,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CAA

secondary

#CECDC2

accent

#954B9A

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CAA

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

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