#8C8EA2#8C8EA2

#8C8EA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.030 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EA2
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(235, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 3.45, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 11.33, 287.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0057 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.03 281)
XYZ	xyz(27.0084, 27.5298, 38.0663)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EA2 #A2A08C

analogous

#8C99A2 #8C8EA2 #958CA2

triadic

#8C8EA2 #A28C8E #8EA28C

tetradic

#8C8EA2 #A28C99 #A2A08C #8CA295

square

#8C8EA2 #A28C99 #A2A08C #8CA295

split-complementary

#8C8EA2 #A2958C #99A28C

monochromatic

#505263 #6C6E85 #8C8EA2 #AEAFBD #D0D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8C8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8C8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EA2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EA2	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.030 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbd',
    500: '#8c8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ea2;
$custom-light: #adafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.0297,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.2753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EA2

secondary

#C9C8C1

accent

#AE74B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EA2

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

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