#8A8FA3#8A8FA3

#8A8FA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.030 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FA3
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(228, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 2.43, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 11.41, 282.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0023 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.03 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9130, 27.6922, 38.5704)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FA3 #A39E8A

analogous

#8A9CA3 #8A8FA3 #928AA3

triadic

#8A8FA3 #A38A8F #8FA38A

tetradic

#8A8FA3 #A38A9C #A39E8A #8AA392

square

#8A8FA3 #A38A9C #A39E8A #8AA392

split-complementary

#8A8FA3 #A3928A #9CA38A

monochromatic

#4F5364 #6A6F86 #8A8FA3 #ACB0BE #CFD1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8A8FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FA3

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FA3	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.030 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbe',
    500: '#8a8fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fa3;
$custom-light: #acafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65266,
    "c": 0.03027,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FA3

secondary

#C9C7BF

accent

#A873B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FA3

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

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