#8E8EA2#8E8EA2

#8E8EA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.030 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EA2
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 4.14, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 11.31, 291.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0079 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.03 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3485, 27.7052, 38.0822)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EA2 #A2A28E

analogous

#8E98A2 #8E8EA2 #988EA2

triadic

#8E8EA2 #A28E8E #8EA28E

tetradic

#8E8EA2 #A28E98 #A2A28E #8EA298

square

#8E8EA2 #A28E98 #A2A28E #8EA298

split-complementary

#8E8EA2 #A2988E #98A28E

monochromatic

#525264 #6E6E85 #8E8EA2 #B0B0BE #D1D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8E8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8E8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EA2

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EA2	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.030 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafbd',
    500: '#8e8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ea2;
$custom-light: #afafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65343,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EA2

secondary

#CACAC2

accent

#B375B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EA2

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

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