#8490A8#8490A8

#8490A8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.038 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8490A8
RGB	rgb(132, 144, 168)
HSL	hsl(220, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(220, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 1.02, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 14.10, 274.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0038 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.038 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5550, 27.6786, 40.9816)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8490A8 #A89C84

analogous

#84A2A8 #8490A8 #8A84A8

triadic

#8490A8 #A88490 #90A884

tetradic

#8490A8 #A884A2 #A89C84 #84A88A

square

#8490A8 #A884A2 #A89C84 #84A88A

split-complementary

#8490A8 #A88A84 #A2A884

monochromatic

#4A5468 #63718C #8490A8 #A8B0C1 #CCD1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8490A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8490A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8490A8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8490A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8490A8	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8490a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 144, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.038 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b0c1',
    500: '#8490a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8490a8;
$custom-light: #a8b0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8490a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65198,
    "c": 0.03849,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8490A8

secondary

#CBC6BD

accent

#A16EBA

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8490A8

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

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