#8A8CAC#8A8CAC

#8A8CAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.048 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CAC
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 6.20, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 18.14, 289.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.01 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.048 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3039, 27.1376, 42.8213)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CAC #ACAA8A

analogous

#8A9DAC #8A8CAC #998AAC

triadic

#8A8CAC #AC8A8C #8CAC8A

tetradic

#8A8CAC #AC8A9D #ACAA8A #8AAC99

square

#8A8CAC #AC8A9D #ACAA8A #8AAC99

split-complementary

#8A8CAC #AC998A #9DAC8A

monochromatic

#4E506E #676A92 #8A8CAC #AEAFC5 #D2D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A8CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CAC

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CAC	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.048 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc4',
    500: '#8a8cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cac;
$custom-light: #acadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6497,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CAC

secondary

#CFCFC2

accent

#964A9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CAC

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

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