#8490A9#8490A9

#8490A9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.040 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8490A9
RGB	rgb(132, 144, 169)
HSL	hsl(221, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 22%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 1.25, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 14.63, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0035 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.04 265)
XYZ	xyz(26.6486, 27.7160, 41.4741)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8490A9 #A99D84

analogous

#84A3A9 #8490A9 #8B84A9

triadic

#8490A9 #A98490 #90A984

tetradic

#8490A9 #A984A3 #A99D84 #84A98B

square

#8490A9 #A984A3 #A99D84 #84A98B

split-complementary

#8490A9 #A98B84 #A3A984

monochromatic

#495469 #63708D #8490A9 #A8B1C2 #CCD1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8490A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8490A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8490A9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8490A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8490A9	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)

#8891AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8490a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 144, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.040 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b0c2',
    500: '#8490a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8490a9;
$custom-light: #a8b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8490a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 17.703,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.03988,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.27717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8490A9

secondary

#CCC7BD

accent

#A16DBA

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8490A9

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

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