#8E8CA8#8E8CA8

#8E8CA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.041 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8CA8
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(244, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(244, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 6.61, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 15.90, 294.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0131 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.041 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5997, 27.3338, 40.8601)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8CA8 #A6A88C

analogous

#8C98A8 #8E8CA8 #9C8CA8

triadic

#8E8CA8 #A88E8C #8CA88E

tetradic

#8E8CA8 #A88C98 #A6A88C #8CA89C

square

#8E8CA8 #A88C98 #A6A88C #8CA89C

split-complementary

#8E8CA8 #A89C8C #98A88C

monochromatic

#52506A #6D6A8D #8E8CA8 #B0AFC2 #D2D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8CA8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8CA8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.041 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadc1',
    500: '#8e8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ca8;
$custom-light: #afadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.0414,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8CA8

secondary

#CCCDC3

accent

#984D93

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8CA8

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

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