#8D8CA2#8D8CA2

#8D8CA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.033 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8CA2
RGB	rgb(141, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(243, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(243, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 4.93, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 12.49, 293.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0098 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.033 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8828, 27.0273, 37.9759)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8CA2 #A1A28C

analogous

#8C96A2 #8D8CA2 #988CA2

triadic

#8D8CA2 #A28D8C #8CA28D

tetradic

#8D8CA2 #A28C96 #A1A28C #8CA298

square

#8D8CA2 #A28C96 #A1A28C #8CA298

split-complementary

#8D8CA2 #A2988C #96A28C

monochromatic

#515063 #6D6C85 #8D8CA2 #AFAEBD #D0D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8D8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8D8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8CA2

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8CA2	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.033 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeadbd',
    500: '#8d8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ca2;
$custom-light: #aeadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.03252,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8CA2

secondary

#C9C9C1

accent

#B474B1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8CA2

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

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