#888EA6#888EA6

#888EA6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.036 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EA6
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(228, 14%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 3.00, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 13.70, 282.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0027 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.036 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7076, 27.3330, 39.9377)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888EA6 #A6A088

analogous

#889DA6 #888EA6 #9188A6

triadic

#888EA6 #A6888E #8EA688

tetradic

#888EA6 #A6889D #A6A088 #88A691

square

#888EA6 #A6889D #A6A088 #88A691

split-complementary

#888EA6 #A69188 #9DA688

monochromatic

#4D5267 #676E8A #888EA6 #ABAFC0 #CED0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#888EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#888EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EA6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EA6	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.036 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafc0',
    500: '#888ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888ea6;
$custom-light: #abafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 14.423,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65003,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EA6

secondary

#CBC8BF

accent

#A971B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EA6

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

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