#8A8EA0#8A8EA0

#8A8EA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.027 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA0
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(229, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(229, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 2.33, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 10.26, 283.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0027 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.027 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4980, 27.2870, 37.1218)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA0 #A09C8A

analogous

#8A99A0 #8A8EA0 #918AA0

triadic

#8A8EA0 #A08A8E #8EA08A

tetradic

#8A8EA0 #A08A99 #A09C8A #8AA091

square

#8A8EA0 #A08A99 #A09C8A #8AA091

split-complementary

#8A8EA0 #A0918A #99A08A

monochromatic

#4F5261 #6A6F83 #8A8EA0 #ACAFBB #CECFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA0

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA0	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)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.027 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbc',
    500: '#8a8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea0;
$custom-light: #acafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64944,
    "c": 0.02713,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA0

secondary

#C7C6BF

accent

#A874B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA0

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

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