#8C8CA0#8C8CA0

#8C8CA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.030 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CA0
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 4.15, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 11.34, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0079 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.03 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5371, 26.8695, 37.0391)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CA0 #A0A08C

analogous

#8C96A0 #8C8CA0 #968CA0

triadic

#8C8CA0 #A08C8C #8CA08C

tetradic

#8C8CA0 #A08C96 #A0A08C #8CA096

square

#8C8CA0 #A08C96 #A0A08C #8CA096

split-complementary

#8C8CA0 #A0968C #96A08C

monochromatic

#505061 #6C6C83 #8C8CA0 #AEAEBC #CFCFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8C8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8C8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CA0

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CA0	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.030 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadbc',
    500: '#8c8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ca0;
$custom-light: #adadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64681,
    "c": 0.02959,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CA0

secondary

#C8C8C0

accent

#B375B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CA0

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

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