#8C8EA0#8C8EA0

#8C8EA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.027 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EA0
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(234, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(234, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 3.01, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 10.20, 287.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0049 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.027 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8320, 27.4593, 37.1374)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EA0 #A09E8C

analogous

#8C98A0 #8C8EA0 #948CA0

triadic

#8C8EA0 #A08C8E #8EA08C

tetradic

#8C8EA0 #A08C98 #A09E8C #8CA094

square

#8C8EA0 #A08C98 #A09E8C #8CA094

split-complementary

#8C8EA0 #A0948C #98A08C

monochromatic

#505261 #6C6E83 #8C8EA0 #AEAFBC #CFD0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8C8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8C8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EA0

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EA0	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.027 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbc',
    500: '#8c8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ea0;
$custom-light: #adafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.02675,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EA0

secondary

#C8C7C0

accent

#AC75B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EA0

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

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