#8D8CB2#8D8CB2

#8D8CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.056 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8CB2
RGB	rgb(141, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 8.59, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 21.53, 293.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0154 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.056 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3966, 27.6328, 45.9484)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8CB2 #B1B28C

analogous

#8C9EB2 #8D8CB2 #A08CB2

triadic

#8D8CB2 #B28D8C #8CB28D

tetradic

#8D8CB2 #B28C9E #B1B28C #8CB2A0

square

#8D8CB2 #B28C9E #B1B28C #8CB2A0

split-complementary

#8D8CB2 #B2A08C #9EB28C

monochromatic

#4F4E75 #696799 #8D8CB2 #B1B1CB #D6D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8D8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8CB2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8CB2	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8390B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.056 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadc9',
    500: '#8d8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8cb2;
$custom-light: #afadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.05621,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8CB2

secondary

#D3D4C6

accent

#9E479C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8CB2

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

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