#888EA5#888EA5

#888EA5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.035 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EA5
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(228, 14%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 2.78, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 13.15, 282.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0024 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.035 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6163, 27.2964, 39.4565)
Luminance	0.2730 (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

#888EA5 #A59F88

analogous

#889DA5 #888EA5 #9188A5

triadic

#888EA5 #A5888E #8EA588

tetradic

#888EA5 #A5889D #A59F88 #88A591

square

#888EA5 #A5889D #A59F88 #88A591

split-complementary

#888EA5 #A59188 #9DA588

monochromatic

#4D5266 #676E89 #888EA5 #ABAFBF #CED0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#888EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#888EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EA5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EA5	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.035 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafbf',
    500: '#888ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888ea5;
$custom-light: #abafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 13.876,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64966,
    "c": 0.03496,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EA5

secondary

#CAC8BF

accent

#A871B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EA5

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

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