#8E8EA0#8E8EA0

#8E8EA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.027 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EA0
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 3.70, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 10.18, 291.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0072 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.027 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1722, 27.6347, 37.1534)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EA0 #A0A08E

analogous

#8E97A0 #8E8EA0 #978EA0

triadic

#8E8EA0 #A08E8E #8EA08E

tetradic

#8E8EA0 #A08E97 #A0A08E #8EA097

square

#8E8EA0 #A08E97 #A0A08E #8EA097

split-complementary

#8E8EA0 #A0978E #97A08E

monochromatic

#525262 #6E6E83 #8E8EA0 #AFAFBC #D0D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8E8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8E8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EA0

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EA0	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.027 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafbc',
    500: '#8e8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ea0;
$custom-light: #afafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65271,
    "c": 0.02655,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EA0

secondary

#C8C8C1

accent

#B276B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EA0

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

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