#8E8FAC#8E8FAC

#8E8FAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.043 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8FAC
RGB	rgb(142, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(238, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 5.80, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 16.38, 290.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0101 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.043 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4225, 28.3739, 43.0010)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8FAC #ACAB8E

analogous

#8E9EAC #8E8FAC #9C8EAC

triadic

#8E8FAC #AC8E8F #8FAC8E

tetradic

#8E8FAC #AC8E9E #ACAB8E #8EAC9C

square

#8E8FAC #AC8E9E #ACAB8E #8EAC9C

split-complementary

#8E8FAC #AC9C8E #9EAC8E

monochromatic

#51526E #6B6C92 #8E8FAC #B1B2C6 #D5D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8E8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8FAC

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8FAC	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.043 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afafc4',
    500: '#8e8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8fac;
$custom-light: #afafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65925,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8FAC

secondary

#D0D0C5

accent

#974C9A

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8FAC

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

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