#8E8EA8#8E8EA8

#8E8EA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.038 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EA8
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(240, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 5.47, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 14.70, 291.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0101 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.038 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8946, 27.9236, 40.9584)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EA8 #A8A88E

analogous

#8E9BA8 #8E8EA8 #9B8EA8

triadic

#8E8EA8 #A88E8E #8EA88E

tetradic

#8E8EA8 #A88E9B #A8A88E #8EA89B

square

#8E8EA8 #A88E9B #A8A88E #8EA89B

split-complementary

#8E8EA8 #A89B8E #9BA88E

monochromatic

#52526A #6C6C8D #8E8EA8 #B1B1C3 #D3D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8E8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8E8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EA8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EA8	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.038 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafc1',
    500: '#8e8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8ea8;
$custom-light: #afafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65563,
    "c": 0.0384,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EA8

secondary

#CECEC4

accent

#974E97

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EA8

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

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