#8A8CB2#8A8CB2

#8A8CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.056 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(237, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 7.62, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 21.52, 290.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0121 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.056 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8932, 27.3733, 45.9248)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CB2 #B2B08A

analogous

#8AA0B2 #8A8CB2 #9C8AB2

triadic

#8A8CB2 #B28A8C #8CB28A

tetradic

#8A8CB2 #B28AA0 #B2B08A #8AB29C

square

#8A8CB2 #B28AA0 #B2B08A #8AB29C

split-complementary

#8A8CB2 #B29C8A #A0B28A

monochromatic

#4D4F75 #65689A #8A8CB2 #AFB0CA #D4D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CB2

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CB2	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8290B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.056 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc9',
    500: '#8a8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cb2;
$custom-light: #acadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65211,
    "c": 0.05647,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CB2

secondary

#D3D3C5

accent

#9B479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CB2

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

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