#8D8EA8#8D8EA8

#8D8EA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.038 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA8
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(238, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 5.13, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 14.70, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.009 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.038 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7238, 27.8355, 40.9504)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA8 #A8A78D

analogous

#8D9BA8 #8D8EA8 #998DA8

triadic

#8D8EA8 #A88D8E #8EA88D

tetradic

#8D8EA8 #A88D9B #A8A78D #8DA899

square

#8D8EA8 #A88D9B #A8A78D #8DA899

split-complementary

#8D8EA8 #A8998D #9BA88D

monochromatic

#51526A #6B6C8D #8D8EA8 #B0B0C2 #D2D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8D8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8D8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA8	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.038 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafc1',
    500: '#8d8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea8;
$custom-light: #aeafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 13.433,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.03847,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA8

secondary

#CECDC3

accent

#954E98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA8

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

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