#8E8EA4#8E8EA4

#8E8EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.032 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EA4
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 4.58, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 12.45, 291.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0087 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.032 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5277, 27.7769, 39.0260)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EA4 #A4A48E

analogous

#8E99A4 #8E8EA4 #998EA4

triadic

#8E8EA4 #A48E8E #8EA48E

tetradic

#8E8EA4 #A48E99 #A4A48E #8EA499

square

#8E8EA4 #A48E99 #A4A48E #8EA499

split-complementary

#8E8EA4 #A4998E #99A48E

monochromatic

#525266 #6D6D88 #8E8EA4 #B0B0BF #D2D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8E8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8E8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EA4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EA4	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.032 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafbf',
    500: '#8e8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ea4;
$custom-light: #afafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65415,
    "c": 0.03248,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EA4

secondary

#CBCBC3

accent

#B474B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EA4

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

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