#8C8A9C#8C8A9C

#8C8A9C is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.027 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A9C
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(247, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(247, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 4.42, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 10.27, 295.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0095 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.027 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9032, 26.1526, 35.1293)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A9C #9A9C8A

analogous

#8A919C #8C8A9C #958A9C

triadic

#8C8A9C #9C8C8A #8A9C8C

tetradic

#8C8A9C #9C8A91 #9A9C8A #8A9C95

square

#8C8A9C #9C8A91 #9A9C8A #8A9C95

split-complementary

#8C8A9C #9C958A #919C8A

monochromatic

#504F5D #6D6B7E #8C8A9C #ADABB8 #CDCCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8C8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#8C8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A9C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A9C	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.027 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacb9',
    500: '#8c8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a9c;
$custom-light: #adacb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64113,
    "c": 0.0267,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A9C

secondary

#C4C5BD

accent

#B176AB

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A9C

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

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