#8E8CA4#8E8CA4

#8E8CA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.035 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8CA4
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(245, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(245, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 5.72, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 13.64, 294.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0117 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.035 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2328, 27.1871, 38.9277)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8CA4 #A2A48C

analogous

#8C96A4 #8E8CA4 #9A8CA4

triadic

#8E8CA4 #A48E8C #8CA48E

tetradic

#8E8CA4 #A48C96 #A2A48C #8CA49A

square

#8E8CA4 #A48C96 #A2A48C #8CA49A

split-complementary

#8E8CA4 #A49A8C #96A48C

monochromatic

#525065 #6E6B88 #8E8CA4 #B0AEBF #D1D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8E8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8E8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8CA4

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8CA4	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.035 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadbf',
    500: '#8e8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ca4;
$custom-light: #afadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64994,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8CA4

secondary

#CACBC1

accent

#B573AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8CA4

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

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