#8494AE#8494AE

#8494AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.043 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8494AE
RGB	rgb(132, 148, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 0.19, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 15.49, 270.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0074 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.043 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7436, 29.1405, 44.1991)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8494AE #AE9E84

analogous

#84A9AE #8494AE #8984AE

triadic

#8494AE #AE8494 #94AE84

tetradic

#8494AE #AE84A9 #AE9E84 #84AE89

square

#8494AE #AE84A9 #AE9E84 #84AE89

split-complementary

#8494AE #AE8984 #A9AE84

monochromatic

#49576F #617494 #8494AE #A9B4C6 #CED4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8494AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8494AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8494AE

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8494AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8494AE	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8494ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 148, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.043 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b3c6',
    500: '#8494ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8494ae;
$custom-light: #a8b3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8494ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.04293,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8494AE

secondary

#CFC9BF

accent

#9E6BBD

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#0F1113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8494AE

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

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