#8A8DAD#8A8DAD

#8A8DAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.048 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DAD
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(235, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(235, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 5.86, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 18.13, 288.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0089 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.048 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5471, 27.4697, 43.3779)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DAD #ADAA8A

analogous

#8A9EAD #8A8DAD #988AAD

triadic

#8A8DAD #AD8A8D #8DAD8A

tetradic

#8A8DAD #AD8A9E #ADAA8A #8AAD98

square

#8A8DAD #AD8A9E #ADAA8A #8AAD98

split-complementary

#8A8DAD #AD988A #9EAD8A

monochromatic

#4E516F #676B93 #8A8DAD #AEB0C6 #D2D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8A8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DAD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DAD	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8590AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.048 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaec5',
    500: '#8a8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dad;
$custom-light: #acaec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.04766,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DAD

secondary

#D0CFC3

accent

#954A9C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DAD

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

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