#8A8EA9#8A8EA9

#8A8EA9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.040 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EA9
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(232, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(232, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 4.36, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 15.31, 286.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.006 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.04 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3140, 27.6134, 41.4193)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EA9 #A9A58A

analogous

#8A9DA9 #8A8EA9 #958AA9

triadic

#8A8EA9 #A98A8E #8EA98A

tetradic

#8A8EA9 #A98A9D #A9A58A #8AA995

square

#8A8EA9 #A98A9D #A9A58A #8AA995

split-complementary

#8A8EA9 #A9958A #9DA98A

monochromatic

#4E526A #686D8E #8A8EA9 #ADB0C3 #D1D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EA9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EA9	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)

#8791AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.040 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc2',
    500: '#8a8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ea9;
$custom-light: #acafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.258,
    "s": 15.271,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.04037,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EA9

secondary

#CDCCC1

accent

#8F4C99

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EA9

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

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