#8C8EAE#8C8EAE

#8C8EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.047 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8EAE
RGB	rgb(140, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 6.18, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 18.09, 289.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.01 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.047 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1264, 27.9770, 43.9545)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8EAE #AEAC8C

analogous

#8C9FAE #8C8EAE #9B8CAE

triadic

#8C8EAE #AE8C8E #8EAE8C

tetradic

#8C8EAE #AE8C9F #AEAC8C #8CAE9B

square

#8C8EAE #AE8C9F #AEAC8C #8CAE9B

split-complementary

#8C8EAE #AE9B8C #9FAE8C

monochromatic

#4F5170 #686B94 #8C8EAE #B0B1C7 #D4D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8C8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8C8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8EAE

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8EAE	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.047 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafc6',
    500: '#8c8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8eae;
$custom-light: #aeafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6563,
    "c": 0.04746,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8EAE

secondary

#D1D0C5

accent

#974A9C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8EAE

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

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