#8D8EA3#8D8EA3

#8D8EA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.031 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA3
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(237, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 4.01, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 11.88, 289.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0072 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.031 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2669, 27.6528, 38.5442)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA3 #A3A28D

analogous

#8D99A3 #8D8EA3 #978DA3

triadic

#8D8EA3 #A38D8E #8EA38D

tetradic

#8D8EA3 #A38D99 #A3A28D #8DA397

square

#8D8EA3 #A38D99 #A3A28D #8DA397

split-complementary

#8D8EA3 #A3978D #99A38D

monochromatic

#515264 #6C6E86 #8D8EA3 #AFB0BE #D1D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8D8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8D8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA3	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)

#8990A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.031 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafbe',
    500: '#8d8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea3;
$custom-light: #aeafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 10.68,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65296,
    "c": 0.03107,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA3

secondary

#CACAC2

accent

#B174B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA3

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

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