#8C8CA2#8C8CA2

#8C8CA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.033 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CA2
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 4.59, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 12.48, 291.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.0087 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.033 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7135, 26.9400, 37.9680)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CA2 #A2A28C

analogous

#8C97A2 #8C8CA2 #978CA2

triadic

#8C8CA2 #A28C8C #8CA28C

tetradic

#8C8CA2 #A28C97 #A2A28C #8CA297

square

#8C8CA2 #A28C97 #A2A28C #8CA297

split-complementary

#8C8CA2 #A2978C #97A28C

monochromatic

#505063 #6C6C85 #8C8CA2 #AEAEBD #D0D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8C8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8C8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CA2

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CA2	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.033 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadbd',
    500: '#8c8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ca2;
$custom-light: #adadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.03256,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CA2

secondary

#C9C9C1

accent

#B474B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CA2

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

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