#8A8FA0#8A8FA0

#8A8FA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.026 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FA0
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(226, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 1.76, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 9.75, 280.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0012 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.026 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6474, 27.5859, 37.1716)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FA0 #A09B8A

analogous

#8A9AA0 #8A8FA0 #908AA0

triadic

#8A8FA0 #A08A8F #8FA08A

tetradic

#8A8FA0 #A08A9A #A09B8A #8AA090

square

#8A8FA0 #A08A9A #A09B8A #8AA090

split-complementary

#8A8FA0 #A0908A #9AA08A

monochromatic

#4F5361 #6A7083 #8A8FA0 #ACAFBB #CED0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A8FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FA0

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FA0	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)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.026 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbc',
    500: '#8a8fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fa0;
$custom-light: #acafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65158,
    "c": 0.02591,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FA0

secondary

#C7C5BF

accent

#A574B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FA0

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

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