#8A8DA8#8A8DA8

#8A8DA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.040 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DA8
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(234, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(234, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 4.70, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 15.31, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0071 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.04 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0723, 27.2798, 40.8774)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DA8 #A8A58A

analogous

#8A9CA8 #8A8DA8 #968AA8

triadic

#8A8DA8 #A88A8D #8DA88A

tetradic

#8A8DA8 #A88A9C #A8A58A #8AA896

square

#8A8DA8 #A88A9C #A8A58A #8AA896

split-complementary

#8A8DA8 #A8968A #9CA88A

monochromatic

#4E5169 #686C8C #8A8DA8 #ADAFC2 #D0D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DA8

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DA8	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8690A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.040 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaec1',
    500: '#8a8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8da8;
$custom-light: #acaec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65026,
    "c": 0.04026,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DA8

secondary

#CDCCC1

accent

#B070B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DA8

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

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