#8A8DA3#8A8DA3

#8A8DA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.033 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DA3
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 3.56, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 12.49, 286.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0053 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.033 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6155, 27.0970, 38.4713)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DA3 #A3A08A

analogous

#8A9AA3 #8A8DA3 #948AA3

triadic

#8A8DA3 #A38A8D #8DA38A

tetradic

#8A8DA3 #A38A9A #A3A08A #8AA394

square

#8A8DA3 #A38A9A #A3A08A #8AA394

split-complementary

#8A8DA3 #A3948A #9AA38A

monochromatic

#4F5164 #6A6D86 #8A8DA3 #ACAEBE #CFD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A8DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DA3

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DA3	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.033 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaebe',
    500: '#8a8da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8da3;
$custom-light: #acaebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64839,
    "c": 0.03285,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DA3

secondary

#C9C8BF

accent

#AD73B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DA3

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

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