#616E8A#616E8A

#616E8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.047 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616E8A
RGB	rgb(97, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(221, 17%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(221, 30%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 2.01, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 17.08, 276.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% -0.0038 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.047 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0919, 15.5277, 26.2418)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616E8A #8A7D61

analogous

#61828A #616E8A #68618A

triadic

#616E8A #8A616E #6E8A61

tetradic

#616E8A #8A6182 #8A7D61 #618A68

square

#616E8A #8A6182 #8A7D61 #618A68

split-complementary

#616E8A #8A6861 #828A61

monochromatic

#2E3542 #485166 #616E8A #818DA7 #A5AEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#616E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#616E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616E8A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616E8A	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#567477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.047 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f97ac',
    500: '#616e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616e8a;
$custom-light: #8f97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.976,
    "s": 17.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53811,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616E8A

secondary

#AFA798

accent

#A26EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #616E8A

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

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