#8A8FA4#8A8FA4

#8A8FA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.032 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FA4
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(228, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 2.65, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 11.97, 282.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0027 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.032 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0030, 27.7281, 39.0442)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FA4 #A49F8A

analogous

#8A9CA4 #8A8FA4 #928AA4

triadic

#8A8FA4 #A48A8F #8FA48A

tetradic

#8A8FA4 #A48A9C #A49F8A #8AA492

square

#8A8FA4 #A48A9C #A49F8A #8AA492

split-complementary

#8A8FA4 #A4928A #9CA48A

monochromatic

#4F5365 #696F87 #8A8FA4 #ACB0BF #CFD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A8FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A8FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FA4

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FA4	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)

#8991A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.032 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafbf',
    500: '#8a8fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fa4;
$custom-light: #acafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.03174,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FA4

secondary

#CAC8C0

accent

#A872B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FA4

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

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