#8D8EA4#8D8EA4

#8D8EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.033 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA4
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(237, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 4.24, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 12.44, 289.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0075 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.033 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3569, 27.6888, 39.0180)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA4 #A4A38D

analogous

#8D9AA4 #8D8EA4 #988DA4

triadic

#8D8EA4 #A48D8E #8EA48D

tetradic

#8D8EA4 #A48D9A #A4A38D #8DA498

square

#8D8EA4 #A48D9A #A4A38D #8DA498

split-complementary

#8D8EA4 #A4988D #9AA48D

monochromatic

#515266 #6C6D88 #8D8EA4 #AFB0BF #D1D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8D8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8D8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA4

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA4	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.033 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafbf',
    500: '#8d8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea4;
$custom-light: #aeafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 11.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65333,
    "c": 0.03255,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA4

secondary

#CBCAC2

accent

#B174B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA4

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

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