#8A8FA1#8A8FA1

#8A8FA1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.027 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FA1
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 161)
HSL	hsl(227, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 1.98, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 10.30, 281.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0016 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.027 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7353, 27.6211, 37.6342)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FA1 #A19C8A

analogous

#8A9AA1 #8A8FA1 #908AA1

triadic

#8A8FA1 #A18A8F #8FA18A

tetradic

#8A8FA1 #A18A9A #A19C8A #8AA190

square

#8A8FA1 #A18A9A #A19C8A #8AA190

split-complementary

#8A8FA1 #A1908A #9AA18A

monochromatic

#4F5362 #6A7084 #8A8FA1 #ACAFBC #CED0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A8FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A8FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FA1

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FA1	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)

#8A90A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.027 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbc',
    500: '#8a8fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fa1;
$custom-light: #acafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 10.9,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65194,
    "c": 0.02737,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FA1

secondary

#C8C6BF

accent

#A674B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FA1

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

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