#8D8EA5#8D8EA5

#8D8EA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.034 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA5
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(238, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 4.46, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 13.01, 290.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0079 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.034 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4475, 27.7250, 39.4954)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA5 #A5A48D

analogous

#8D9AA5 #8D8EA5 #988DA5

triadic

#8D8EA5 #A58D8E #8EA58D

tetradic

#8D8EA5 #A58D9A #A5A48D #8DA598

square

#8D8EA5 #A58D9A #A5A48D #8DA598

split-complementary

#8D8EA5 #A5988D #9AA58D

monochromatic

#515267 #6C6D89 #8D8EA5 #AFB0C0 #D1D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8D8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8D8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA5

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA5	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)

#8990A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.034 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafbf',
    500: '#8d8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea5;
$custom-light: #aeafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA5

secondary

#CCCBC2

accent

#B273B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA5

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

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