#8D8EA7#8D8EA7

#8D8EA7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.037 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA7
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(238, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 4.91, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 14.14, 290.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0086 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.037 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6310, 27.7984, 40.4616)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA7 #A7A68D

analogous

#8D9BA7 #8D8EA7 #998DA7

triadic

#8D8EA7 #A78D8E #8EA78D

tetradic

#8D8EA7 #A78D9B #A7A68D #8DA799

square

#8D8EA7 #A78D9B #A7A68D #8DA799

split-complementary

#8D8EA7 #A7998D #9BA78D

monochromatic

#515269 #6C6D8B #8D8EA7 #B0B0C2 #D2D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8D8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8D8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA7

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA7	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.037 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafc1',
    500: '#8d8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea7;
$custom-light: #aeafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 12.871,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.03699,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA7

secondary

#CDCCC3

accent

#944F97

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA7

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

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