#8C8A9E#8C8A9E

#8C8A9E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.030 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A9E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(246, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 4.86, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 11.41, 295.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.0102 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.03 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0740, 26.2209, 36.0286)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A9E #9C9E8A

analogous

#8A929E #8C8A9E #968A9E

triadic

#8C8A9E #9E8C8A #8A9E8C

tetradic

#8C8A9E #9E8A92 #9C9E8A #8A9E96

square

#8C8A9E #9E8A92 #9C9E8A #8A9E96

split-complementary

#8C8A9E #9E968A #929E8A

monochromatic

#504F5F #6D6A80 #8C8A9E #ADABBA #CECDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8C8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8C8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A9E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A9E	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.030 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacba',
    500: '#8c8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a9e;
$custom-light: #adacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64185,
    "c": 0.02966,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A9E

secondary

#C5C6BE

accent

#B275AC

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A9E

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

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