#8A8EA2#8A8EA2

#8A8EA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.030 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA2
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(230, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(230, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 2.77, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 11.38, 284.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0034 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.03 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6743, 27.3576, 38.0506)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA2 #A29E8A

analogous

#8A9AA2 #8A8EA2 #928AA2

triadic

#8A8EA2 #A28A8E #8EA28A

tetradic

#8A8EA2 #A28A9A #A29E8A #8AA292

square

#8A8EA2 #A28A9A #A29E8A #8AA292

split-complementary

#8A8EA2 #A2928A #9AA28A

monochromatic

#4F5263 #6A6E85 #8A8EA2 #ACAFBD #CED0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA2

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA2	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.030 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbd',
    500: '#8a8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea2;
$custom-light: #acafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65016,
    "c": 0.03007,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA2

secondary

#C9C7BF

accent

#AA73B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA2

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

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