#8A8DAE#8A8DAE

#8A8DAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.049 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8DAE
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(235, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 6.10, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 18.69, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0093 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.049 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6442, 27.5085, 43.8894)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8DAE #AEAB8A

analogous

#8A9FAE #8A8DAE #998AAE

triadic

#8A8DAE #AE8A8D #8DAE8A

tetradic

#8A8DAE #AE8A9F #AEAB8A #8AAE99

square

#8A8DAE #AE8A9F #AEAB8A #8AAE99

split-complementary

#8A8DAE #AE998A #9FAE8A

monochromatic

#4E5070 #676A94 #8A8DAE #AEB0C7 #D2D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8DAE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8DAE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8490B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.049 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaec6',
    500: '#8a8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8dae;
$custom-light: #acaec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65259,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8DAE

secondary

#D1D0C3

accent

#96499C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8DAE

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

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