#8E8CA0#8E8CA0

#8E8CA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.030 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8CA0
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(246, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 4.84, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 11.38, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0102 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.03 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8773, 27.0449, 37.0551)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8CA0 #9EA08C

analogous

#8C94A0 #8E8CA0 #988CA0

triadic

#8E8CA0 #A08E8C #8CA08E

tetradic

#8E8CA0 #A08C94 #9EA08C #8CA098

square

#8E8CA0 #A08C94 #9EA08C #8CA098

split-complementary

#8E8CA0 #A0988C #94A08C

monochromatic

#525061 #6E6C83 #8E8CA0 #AFAEBC #D0CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8E8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8E8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8CA0

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8CA0	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.030 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadbc',
    500: '#8e8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ca0;
$custom-light: #afadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.02958,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8CA0

secondary

#C7C8C0

accent

#B375AC

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8CA0

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

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