#8A8EAA#8A8EAA

#8A8EAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.042 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EAA
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(233, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(233, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 4.59, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 15.87, 286.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0064 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.042 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4082, 27.6511, 41.9156)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EAA #AAA68A

analogous

#8A9EAA #8A8EAA #968AAA

triadic

#8A8EAA #AA8A8E #8EAA8A

tetradic

#8A8EAA #AA8A9E #AAA68A #8AAA96

square

#8A8EAA #AA8A9E #AAA68A #8AAA96

split-complementary

#8A8EAA #AA968A #9EAA8A

monochromatic

#4E526C #686D8F #8A8EAA #ADB0C4 #D1D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EAA

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EAA	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.042 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc3',
    500: '#8a8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eaa;
$custom-light: #acafc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65314,
    "c": 0.04185,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EAA

secondary

#CECCC2

accent

#904B9A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EAA

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

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