#8A8EAD#8A8EAD

#8A8EAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.046 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8EAD
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(233, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 5.29, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 17.56, 287.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0075 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.046 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6952, 27.7659, 43.4273)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8EAD #ADA98A

analogous

#8A9FAD #8A8EAD #978AAD

triadic

#8A8EAD #AD8A8E #8EAD8A

tetradic

#8A8EAD #AD8A9F #ADA98A #8AAD97

square

#8A8EAD #AD8A9F #ADA98A #8AAD97

split-complementary

#8A8EAD #AD978A #9FAD8A

monochromatic

#4E526F #676C93 #8A8EAD #AEB1C6 #D2D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8EAD

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8EAD	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#8691AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.046 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc5',
    500: '#8a8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8ead;
$custom-light: #acafc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65431,
    "c": 0.04628,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8EAD

secondary

#D0CEC3

accent

#924A9C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8EAD

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

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