#8D8EA9#8D8EA9

#8D8EA9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.040 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8EA9
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(238, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 5.36, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 15.27, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0094 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.04 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8173, 27.8730, 41.4429)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8EA9 #A9A88D

analogous

#8D9CA9 #8D8EA9 #9A8DA9

triadic

#8D8EA9 #A98D8E #8EA98D

tetradic

#8D8EA9 #A98D9C #A9A88D #8DA99A

square

#8D8EA9 #A98D9C #A9A88D #8DA99A

split-complementary

#8D8EA9 #A99A8D #9CA98D

monochromatic

#51526B #6B6C8E #8D8EA9 #B0B1C3 #D3D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8D8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8D8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8EA9

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8EA9	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#8791AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.040 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeafc2',
    500: '#8d8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8ea9;
$custom-light: #aeafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 14,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65519,
    "c": 0.03995,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8EA9

secondary

#CECEC4

accent

#954D98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8EA9

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

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