#8B8EA3#8B8EA3

#8B8EA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.031 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8EA3
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 3.33, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 11.91, 286.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0049 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.031 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9298, 27.4790, 38.5284)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8EA3 #A3A08B

analogous

#8B9AA3 #8B8EA3 #948BA3

triadic

#8B8EA3 #A38B8E #8EA38B

tetradic

#8B8EA3 #A38B9A #A3A08B #8BA394

square

#8B8EA3 #A38B9A #A3A08B #8BA394

split-complementary

#8B8EA3 #A3948B #9AA38B

monochromatic

#4F5264 #6B6E86 #8B8EA3 #ADAFBE #CFD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8B8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8B8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8EA3

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8EA3	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.031 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbe',
    500: '#8b8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8ea3;
$custom-light: #adafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65133,
    "c": 0.03134,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8EA3

secondary

#CAC8C0

accent

#AC73B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8EA3

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

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