#8A8FAC#8A8FAC

#8A8FAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.043 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8FAC
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 4.48, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 16.44, 285.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0056 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.043 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7483, 28.0263, 42.9694)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8FAC #ACA78A

analogous

#8AA0AC #8A8FAC #968AAC

triadic

#8A8FAC #AC8A8F #8FAC8A

tetradic

#8A8FAC #AC8AA0 #ACA78A #8AAC96

square

#8A8FAC #AC8AA0 #ACA78A #8AAC96

split-complementary

#8A8FAC #AC968A #A0AC8A

monochromatic

#4E536E #676D92 #8A8FAC #AEB1C5 #D2D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8FAC

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8FAC	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.043 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafc4',
    500: '#8a8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8fac;
$custom-light: #acafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.176,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65603,
    "c": 0.04347,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8FAC

secondary

#CFCDC2

accent

#8F4A9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8FAC

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

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