#8C8CA8#8C8CA8

#8C8CA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.041 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8CA8
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 5.94, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 15.87, 291.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0109 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.041 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2596, 27.1584, 40.8441)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8CA8 #A8A88C

analogous

#8C9AA8 #8C8CA8 #9A8CA8

triadic

#8C8CA8 #A88C8C #8CA88C

tetradic

#8C8CA8 #A88C9A #A8A88C #8CA89A

square

#8C8CA8 #A88C9A #A8A88C #8CA89A

split-complementary

#8C8CA8 #A89A8C #9AA88C

monochromatic

#50506A #6A6A8D #8C8CA8 #AFAFC2 #D2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8C8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8C8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8CA8

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8CA8	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.041 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeadc1',
    500: '#8c8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ca8;
$custom-light: #aeadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.04146,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8CA8

secondary

#CDCDC3

accent

#984D98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8CA8

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

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