#8E8EAA#8E8EAA

#8E8EAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.041 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8EAA
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 5.92, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 15.83, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0109 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.041 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0824, 27.9987, 41.9472)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8EAA #AAAA8E

analogous

#8E9CAA #8E8EAA #9C8EAA

triadic

#8E8EAA #AA8E8E #8EAA8E

tetradic

#8E8EAA #AA8E9C #AAAA8E #8EAA9C

square

#8E8EAA #AA8E9C #AAAA8E #8EAA9C

split-complementary

#8E8EAA #AA9C8E #9CAA8E

monochromatic

#51516C #6C6C8F #8E8EAA #B1B1C4 #D4D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8EAA

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8EAA	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.041 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafc3',
    500: '#8e8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8eaa;
$custom-light: #afafc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65639,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8EAA

secondary

#CFCFC5

accent

#984D98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8EAA

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

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