#8A8EA3#8A8EA3

#8A8EA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.032 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA3
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(230, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(230, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 3.00, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 11.94, 284.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0038 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.032 277)
XYZ	xyz(26.7636, 27.3933, 38.5206)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA3 #A39F8A

analogous

#8A9BA3 #8A8EA3 #938AA3

triadic

#8A8EA3 #A38A8E #8EA38A

tetradic

#8A8EA3 #A38A9B #A39F8A #8AA393

square

#8A8EA3 #A38A9B #A39F8A #8AA393

split-complementary

#8A8EA3 #A3938A #9BA38A

monochromatic

#4F5264 #6A6E86 #8A8EA3 #ACAFBE #CFD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA3

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA3	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.032 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbe',
    500: '#8a8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea3;
$custom-light: #acafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.27394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA3

secondary

#C9C8BF

accent

#AA73B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA3

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

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