#888EA4#888EA4

#888EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.034 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EA4
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(227, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 2.55, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 12.59, 281.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.002 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.034 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5256, 27.2602, 38.9790)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888EA4 #A49E88

analogous

#889CA4 #888EA4 #9088A4

triadic

#888EA4 #A4888E #8EA488

tetradic

#888EA4 #A4889C #A49E88 #88A490

square

#888EA4 #A4889C #A49E88 #88A490

split-complementary

#888EA4 #A49088 #9CA488

monochromatic

#4D5265 #676E87 #888EA4 #ABAFBF #CDD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#888EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#888EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EA4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EA4	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.034 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafbf',
    500: '#888ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888ea4;
$custom-light: #abafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64929,
    "c": 0.03351,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EA4

secondary

#C9C7BE

accent

#A772B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EA4

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

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