#8C8EA8#8C8EA8

#8C8EA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.039 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EA8
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 4.80, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 14.71, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0079 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.039 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5545, 27.7482, 40.9424)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EA8 #A8A68C

analogous

#8C9CA8 #8C8EA8 #988CA8

triadic

#8C8EA8 #A88C8E #8EA88C

tetradic

#8C8EA8 #A88C9C #A8A68C #8CA898

square

#8C8EA8 #A88C9C #A8A68C #8CA898

split-complementary

#8C8EA8 #A8988C #9CA88C

monochromatic

#50526A #6A6D8D #8C8EA8 #AFB0C2 #D2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EA8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EA8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.039 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adafc1',
    500: '#8c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8ea8;
$custom-light: #adafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EA8

secondary

#CDCCC3

accent

#934D98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EA8

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

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