#8A8DA4#8A8DA4

#8A8DA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.034 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DA4
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(233, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 3.79, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 13.05, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0057 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.034 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7054, 27.1330, 38.9450)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DA4 #A4A18A

analogous

#8A9AA4 #8A8DA4 #948AA4

triadic

#8A8DA4 #A48A8D #8DA48A

tetradic

#8A8DA4 #A48A9A #A4A18A #8AA494

square

#8A8DA4 #A48A9A #A4A18A #8AA494

split-complementary

#8A8DA4 #A4948A #9AA48A

monochromatic

#4F5165 #696D87 #8A8DA4 #ACAFBF #CFD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A8DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DA4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DA4	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)

#878FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.034 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaebf',
    500: '#8a8da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8da4;
$custom-light: #acaebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64876,
    "c": 0.03433,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DA4

secondary

#CAC9C0

accent

#AE72B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DA4

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

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