#8C8EA4#8C8EA4

#8C8EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.033 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EA4
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(235, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 3.90, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 12.45, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0064 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.033 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1876, 27.6015, 39.0100)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EA4 #A4A28C

analogous

#8C9AA4 #8C8EA4 #968CA4

triadic

#8C8EA4 #A48C8E #8EA48C

tetradic

#8C8EA4 #A48C9A #A4A28C #8CA496

square

#8C8EA4 #A48C9A #A4A28C #8CA496

split-complementary

#8C8EA4 #A4968C #9AA48C

monochromatic

#505265 #6B6E88 #8C8EA4 #AEB0BF #D0D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8C8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8C8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EA4

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EA4	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.033 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafbf',
    500: '#8c8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ea4;
$custom-light: #adafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65251,
    "c": 0.03266,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EA4

secondary

#CBCAC1

accent

#AF73B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EA4

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

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