#8D8AAE#8D8AAE

#8D8AAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.053 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8AAE
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(245, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(245, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 8.80, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 20.49, 295.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.017 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.053 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7112, 26.8953, 43.7676)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8AAE #ABAE8A

analogous

#8A99AE #8D8AAE #9F8AAE

triadic

#8D8AAE #AE8D8A #8AAE8D

tetradic

#8D8AAE #AE8A99 #ABAE8A #8AAE9F

square

#8D8AAE #AE8A99 #ABAE8A #8AAE9F

split-complementary

#8D8AAE #AE9F8A #99AE8A

monochromatic

#504E70 #6A6794 #8D8AAE #B0AEC7 #D3D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8D8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8D8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8AAE

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8AAE	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.053 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacc6',
    500: '#8d8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8aae;
$custom-light: #aeacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64879,
    "c": 0.05334,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8AAE

secondary

#D0D1C3

accent

#9C4996

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8AAE

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

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