#8A8EA8#8A8EA8

#8A8EA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.039 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA8
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(232, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(232, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 4.13, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 14.75, 286.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0057 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.039 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2205, 27.5760, 40.9268)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA8 #A8A48A

analogous

#8A9DA8 #8A8EA8 #958AA8

triadic

#8A8EA8 #A88A8E #8EA88A

tetradic

#8A8EA8 #A88A9D #A8A48A #8AA895

square

#8A8EA8 #A88A9D #A8A48A #8AA895

split-complementary

#8A8EA8 #A8958A #9DA88A

monochromatic

#4E5269 #686D8C #8A8EA8 #ADB0C2 #D0D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA8

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA8	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.039 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc1',
    500: '#8a8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea8;
$custom-light: #acafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.0389,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA8

secondary

#CDCBC1

accent

#AE70B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA8

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

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