#8A8EA1#8A8EA1

#8A8EA1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.029 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA1
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(230, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(230, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 2.55, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 10.82, 283.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0031 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.029 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5858, 27.3222, 37.5843)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA1 #A19D8A

analogous

#8A99A1 #8A8EA1 #918AA1

triadic

#8A8EA1 #A18A8E #8EA18A

tetradic

#8A8EA1 #A18A99 #A19D8A #8AA191

square

#8A8EA1 #A18A99 #A19D8A #8AA191

split-complementary

#8A8EA1 #A1918A #99A18A

monochromatic

#4F5262 #6A6E84 #8A8EA1 #ACAFBC #CED0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA1

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA1	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)

#8990A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.029 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbc',
    500: '#8a8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea1;
$custom-light: #acafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 10.9,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6498,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA1

secondary

#C8C6BF

accent

#A974B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA1

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

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