#888EA0#888EA0

#888EA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.028 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EA0
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(225, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 15%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 1.65, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 10.38, 279.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0005 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.028 271)
XYZ	xyz(26.1701, 27.1179, 37.1064)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888EA0 #A09A88

analogous

#889AA0 #888EA0 #8E88A0

triadic

#888EA0 #A0888E #8EA088

tetradic

#888EA0 #A0889A #A09A88 #88A08E

square

#888EA0 #A0889A #A09A88 #88A08E

split-complementary

#888EA0 #A08E88 #9AA088

monochromatic

#4D5261 #686F83 #888EA0 #AAAEBB #CCCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#888EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#888EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EA0

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EA0	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.028 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaafbc',
    500: '#888ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888ea0;
$custom-light: #aaafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 11.215,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64783,
    "c": 0.0277,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.27118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EA0

secondary

#C7C4BD

accent

#A474B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EA0

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

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