#808EA5#808EA5

#808EA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.038 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808EA5
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(217, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(217, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 0.14, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 13.81, 270.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0064 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.038 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3648, 26.6511, 39.3978)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808EA5 #A59780

analogous

#80A1A5 #808EA5 #8480A5

triadic

#808EA5 #A5808E #8EA580

tetradic

#808EA5 #A580A1 #A59780 #80A584

square

#808EA5 #A580A1 #A59780 #80A584

split-complementary

#808EA5 #A58480 #A1A580

monochromatic

#475264 #606F88 #808EA5 #A4AEBE #C8CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#808EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#808EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808EA5

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808EA5	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.038 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5afbf',
    500: '#808ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808ea5;
$custom-light: #a5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.297,
    "s": 17.051,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64347,
    "c": 0.03817,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808EA5

secondary

#C8C2B9

accent

#9D6EBA

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #808EA5

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

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