#8A8EA4#8A8EA4

#8A8EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.033 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA4
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(231, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(231, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 3.22, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 12.50, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0042 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.033 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8535, 27.4292, 38.9944)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA4 #A4A08A

analogous

#8A9BA4 #8A8EA4 #938AA4

triadic

#8A8EA4 #A48A8E #8EA48A

tetradic

#8A8EA4 #A48A9B #A4A08A #8AA493

square

#8A8EA4 #A48A9B #A4A08A #8AA493

split-complementary

#8A8EA4 #A4938A #9BA48A

monochromatic

#4F5265 #696E87 #8A8EA4 #ACAFBF #CFD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8A8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA4

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA4	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.033 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbf',
    500: '#8a8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea4;
$custom-light: #acafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65089,
    "c": 0.03301,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA4

secondary

#CAC8C0

accent

#AB72B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA4

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

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