#8E8CA2#8E8CA2

#8E8CA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.033 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8CA2
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(245, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 5.28, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 12.51, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0109 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.033 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0536, 27.1154, 37.9839)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8CA2 #A0A28C

analogous

#8C95A2 #8E8CA2 #998CA2

triadic

#8E8CA2 #A28E8C #8CA28E

tetradic

#8E8CA2 #A28C95 #A0A28C #8CA299

square

#8E8CA2 #A28C95 #A0A28C #8CA299

split-complementary

#8E8CA2 #A2998C #95A28C

monochromatic

#525063 #6E6C85 #8E8CA2 #AFAEBD #D0D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8E8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8E8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8CA2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8CA2	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.033 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadbd',
    500: '#8e8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ca2;
$custom-light: #afadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64921,
    "c": 0.03253,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8CA2

secondary

#C8C9C1

accent

#B474AE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8CA2

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

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