#8C8CA4#8C8CA4

#8C8CA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.036 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CA4
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 5.04, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 13.61, 291.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0094 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.036 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8927, 27.0117, 38.9117)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CA4 #A4A48C

analogous

#8C98A4 #8C8CA4 #988CA4

triadic

#8C8CA4 #A48C8C #8CA48C

tetradic

#8C8CA4 #A48C98 #A4A48C #8CA498

square

#8C8CA4 #A48C98 #A4A48C #8CA498

split-complementary

#8C8CA4 #A4988C #98A48C

monochromatic

#505065 #6B6B88 #8C8CA4 #AEAEBF #D0D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8C8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8C8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CA4

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CA4	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.036 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadbf',
    500: '#8c8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ca4;
$custom-light: #adadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64828,
    "c": 0.03553,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CA4

secondary

#CBCBC1

accent

#B573B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CA4

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

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