#8A8E9E#8A8E9E

#8A8E9E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.024 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E9E
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(228, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(228, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 1.89, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 9.15, 281.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0019 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.024 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3244, 27.2176, 36.2078)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E9E #9E9A8A

analogous

#8A989E #8A8E9E #908A9E

triadic

#8A8E9E #9E8A8E #8E9E8A

tetradic

#8A8E9E #9E8A98 #9E9A8A #8A9E90

square

#8A8E9E #9E8A98 #9E9A8A #8A9E90

split-complementary

#8A8E9E #9E908A #989E8A

monochromatic

#4F525F #6A6F80 #8A8E9E #ABAEBA #CDCFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A8E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A8E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E9E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E9E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.024 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafba',
    500: '#8a8e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e9e;
$custom-light: #acafba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64872,
    "c": 0.02421,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E9E

secondary

#C6C4BE

accent

#A675B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E9E

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

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