#8E8CA9#8E8CA9

#8E8CA9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.043 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8CA9
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(244, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(244, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 6.83, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 16.47, 294.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0135 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.043 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6933, 27.3712, 41.3526)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8CA9 #A7A98C

analogous

#8C98A9 #8E8CA9 #9C8CA9

triadic

#8E8CA9 #A98E8C #8CA98E

tetradic

#8E8CA9 #A98C98 #A7A98C #8CA99C

square

#8E8CA9 #A98C98 #A7A98C #8CA99C

split-complementary

#8E8CA9 #A99C8C #98A98C

monochromatic

#52506B #6C6A8E #8E8CA9 #B0AFC3 #D3D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8CA9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8CA9	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#858FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.043 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afadc2',
    500: '#8e8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ca9;
$custom-light: #afadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 14.428,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.04288,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8CA9

secondary

#CDCEC3

accent

#994D93

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8CA9

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

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