#8A8FA8#8A8FA8

#8A8FA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.038 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FA8
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(230, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 3.56, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 14.20, 284.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0042 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.038 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3699, 27.8749, 40.9766)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FA8 #A8A38A

analogous

#8A9EA8 #8A8FA8 #948AA8

triadic

#8A8FA8 #A88A8F #8FA88A

tetradic

#8A8FA8 #A88A9E #A8A38A #8AA894

square

#8A8FA8 #A88A9E #A8A38A #8AA894

split-complementary

#8A8FA8 #A8948A #9EA88A

monochromatic

#4E5369 #686E8C #8A8FA8 #ADB1C2 #D0D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FA8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FA8	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.038 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc1',
    500: '#8a8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fa8;
$custom-light: #acafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65451,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FA8

secondary

#CDCBC1

accent

#AC70B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FA8

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

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