#8A8CB3#8A8CB3

#8A8CB3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.058 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8CB3
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(237, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(237, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 7.86, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 22.09, 290.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0124 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.058 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9940, 27.4136, 46.4556)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8CB3 #B3B18A

analogous

#8AA1B3 #8A8CB3 #9D8AB3

triadic

#8A8CB3 #B38A8C #8CB38A

tetradic

#8A8CB3 #B38AA1 #B3B18A #8AB39D

square

#8A8CB3 #B38AA1 #B3B18A #8AB39D

split-complementary

#8A8CB3 #B39D8A #A1B38A

monochromatic

#4D4F76 #65689B #8A8CB3 #AFB0CB #D4D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8CB3

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8CB3	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8290B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.058 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadc9',
    500: '#8a8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8cb3;
$custom-light: #acadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.073,
    "s": 21.244,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.05794,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8CB3

secondary

#D4D3C5

accent

#9B46A0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8CB3

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

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