#868EA8#868EA8

#868EA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.040 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868EA8
RGB	rgb(134, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(226, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 2.81, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 14.92, 280.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0012 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.04 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5707, 27.2410, 40.8963)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868EA8 #A8A086

analogous

#869FA8 #868EA8 #8F86A8

triadic

#868EA8 #A8868E #8EA886

tetradic

#868EA8 #A8869F #A8A086 #86A88F

square

#868EA8 #A8869F #A8A086 #86A88F

split-complementary

#868EA8 #A88F86 #9FA886

monochromatic

#4B5268 #656E8C #868EA8 #AAAFC2 #CDD0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#868EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#868EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868EA8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868EA8	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.040 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9afc1',
    500: '#868ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868ea8;
$custom-light: #a9afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64922,
    "c": 0.03992,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868EA8

secondary

#CCC8BE

accent

#A86FB9

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #868EA8

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

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