#8D8EA0#8D8EA0

#8D8EA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.027 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA0
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(237, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 3.36, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 10.18, 289.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.006 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.027 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0013, 27.5466, 37.1454)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA0 #A09F8D

analogous

#8D98A0 #8D8EA0 #968DA0

triadic

#8D8EA0 #A08D8E #8EA08D

tetradic

#8D8EA0 #A08D98 #A09F8D #8DA096

square

#8D8EA0 #A08D98 #A09F8D #8DA096

split-complementary

#8D8EA0 #A0968D #98A08D

monochromatic

#515261 #6D6E83 #8D8EA0 #AEAFBC #D0D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8D8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8D8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA0

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA0	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.027 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafbc',
    500: '#8d8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea0;
$custom-light: #aeafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65189,
    "c": 0.02662,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA0

secondary

#C8C8C1

accent

#AF76B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA0

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

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