#8F8EA5#8F8EA5

#8F8EA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.034 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8EA5
RGB	rgb(143, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(243, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(243, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 5.14, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 13.02, 293.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0102 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.034 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7908, 27.9020, 39.5115)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8EA5 #A4A58E

analogous

#8E98A5 #8F8EA5 #9A8EA5

triadic

#8F8EA5 #A58F8E #8EA58F

tetradic

#8F8EA5 #A58E98 #A4A58E #8EA59A

square

#8F8EA5 #A58E98 #A4A58E #8EA59A

split-complementary

#8F8EA5 #A59A8E #98A58E

monochromatic

#535267 #6E6D89 #8F8EA5 #B1B0C0 #D3D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8F8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8F8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8EA5

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8EA5	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)

#8991A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.034 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0afbf',
    500: '#8f8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8ea5;
$custom-light: #b0afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65535,
    "c": 0.03391,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8EA5

secondary

#CBCCC3

accent

#955092

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8EA5

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

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