#8A8EA7#8A8EA7

#8A8EA7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.037 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA7
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(232, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(232, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 3.90, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 14.19, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0053 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.037 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1277, 27.5389, 40.4380)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA7 #A7A38A

analogous

#8A9DA7 #8A8EA7 #958AA7

triadic

#8A8EA7 #A78A8E #8EA78A

tetradic

#8A8EA7 #A78A9D #A7A38A #8AA795

square

#8A8EA7 #A78A9D #A7A38A #8AA795

split-complementary

#8A8EA7 #A7958A #9DA78A

monochromatic

#4E5268 #696D8B #8A8EA7 #ADB0C1 #D0D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8A8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA7

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA7	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.037 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc1',
    500: '#8a8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea7;
$custom-light: #acafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 14.146,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.03743,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA7

secondary

#CCCAC1

accent

#AD71B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA7

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

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