#808EAE#808EAE

#808EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.051 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808EAE
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(222, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 2.33, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 18.61, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0031 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.051 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2130, 26.9904, 43.8648)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808EAE #AEA080

analogous

#80A5AE #808EAE #8980AE

triadic

#808EAE #AE808E #8EAE80

tetradic

#808EAE #AE80A5 #AEA080 #80AE89

square

#808EAE #AE80A5 #AEA080 #80AE89

split-complementary

#808EAE #AE8980 #A5AE80

monochromatic

#46526E #5E6E93 #808EAE #A5AFC6 #CBD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#808EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#808EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808EAE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808EAE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8490B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.051 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5afc6',
    500: '#808eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808eae;
$custom-light: #a5afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64699,
    "c": 0.05071,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808EAE

secondary

#CEC8BC

accent

#A569BF

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#0F1013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #808EAE

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

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