#8A8EA6#8A8EA6

#8A8EA6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.036 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA6
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(231, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(231, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 3.67, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 13.63, 285.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0049 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.036 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0356, 27.5021, 39.9531)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA6 #A6A28A

analogous

#8A9CA6 #8A8EA6 #948AA6

triadic

#8A8EA6 #A68A8E #8EA68A

tetradic

#8A8EA6 #A68A9C #A6A28A #8AA694

square

#8A8EA6 #A68A9C #A6A28A #8AA694

split-complementary

#8A8EA6 #A6948A #9CA68A

monochromatic

#4E5267 #696E8A #8A8EA6 #ADB0C0 #D0D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA6

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA6	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.036 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc0',
    500: '#8a8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea6;
$custom-light: #acafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.03595,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA6

secondary

#CBCAC0

accent

#AD71B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA6

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

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