#8A8DA0#8A8DA0

#8A8DA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.028 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DA0
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 160)
HSL	hsl(232, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(232, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 2.90, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 10.80, 285.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0042 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.028 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3499, 26.9908, 37.0724)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DA0 #A09D8A

analogous

#8A98A0 #8A8DA0 #928AA0

triadic

#8A8DA0 #A08A8D #8DA08A

tetradic

#8A8DA0 #A08A98 #A09D8A #8AA092

square

#8A8DA0 #A08A98 #A09D8A #8AA092

split-complementary

#8A8DA0 #A0928A #98A08A

monochromatic

#4F5161 #6A6D83 #8A8DA0 #ACAEBB #CECFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A8DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A8DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DA0

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DA0	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.028 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaebc',
    500: '#8a8da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8da0;
$custom-light: #acaebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6473,
    "c": 0.02843,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DA0

secondary

#C7C6BF

accent

#AB74B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DA0

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

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