#8C8EA3#8C8EA3

#8C8EA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.031 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EA3
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(235, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 3.67, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 11.89, 288.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0061 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.031 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0976, 27.5655, 38.5363)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EA3 #A3A18C

analogous

#8C9AA3 #8C8EA3 #968CA3

triadic

#8C8EA3 #A38C8E #8EA38C

tetradic

#8C8EA3 #A38C9A #A3A18C #8CA396

square

#8C8EA3 #A38C9A #A3A18C #8CA396

split-complementary

#8C8EA3 #A3968C #9AA38C

monochromatic

#505264 #6B6E86 #8C8EA3 #AEAFBE #D0D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8C8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8C8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EA3

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EA3	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#8990A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.031 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbe',
    500: '#8c8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ea3;
$custom-light: #adafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.03118,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EA3

secondary

#CAC9C1

accent

#AE74B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EA3

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

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