#8A8EA5#8A8EA5

#8A8EA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.034 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA5
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(231, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(231, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 3.45, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 13.06, 285.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0046 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.034 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9442, 27.4655, 39.4718)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA5 #A5A18A

analogous

#8A9CA5 #8A8EA5 #948AA5

triadic

#8A8EA5 #A58A8E #8EA58A

tetradic

#8A8EA5 #A58A9C #A5A18A #8AA594

square

#8A8EA5 #A58A9C #A5A18A #8AA594

split-complementary

#8A8EA5 #A5948A #9CA58A

monochromatic

#4F5266 #696E89 #8A8EA5 #ADAFC0 #CFD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8A8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA5	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#8890A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.034 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbf',
    500: '#8a8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea5;
$custom-light: #acafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65126,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA5

secondary

#CBC9C0

accent

#AC72B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA5

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

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