#8A8EAC#8A8EAC

#8A8EAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.045 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EAC
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(233, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(233, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 5.05, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 17.00, 287.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0071 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.045 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5988, 27.7274, 42.9196)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EAC #ACA88A

analogous

#8A9FAC #8A8EAC #978AAC

triadic

#8A8EAC #AC8A8E #8EAC8A

tetradic

#8A8EAC #AC8A9F #ACA88A #8AAC97

square

#8A8EAC #AC8A9F #ACA88A #8AAC97

split-complementary

#8A8EAC #AC978A #9FAC8A

monochromatic

#4E526E #676C92 #8A8EAC #AEB1C5 #D2D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EAC

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EAC	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.045 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc4',
    500: '#8a8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8eac;
$custom-light: #acafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65392,
    "c": 0.04481,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EAC

secondary

#CFCEC2

accent

#924A9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EAC

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

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