#888EB2#888EB2

#888EB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.054 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EB2
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(231, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 5.84, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 20.41, 286.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.007 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.054 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8602, 27.7940, 46.0078)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888EB2 #B2AC88

analogous

#88A3B2 #888EB2 #9788B2

triadic

#888EB2 #B2888E #8EB288

tetradic

#888EB2 #B288A3 #B2AC88 #88B297

square

#888EB2 #B288A3 #B2AC88 #88B297

split-complementary

#888EB2 #B29788 #A3B288

monochromatic

#4B5174 #636B99 #888EB2 #ADB1CA #D2D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#888EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#888EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EB2

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EB2	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8491B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.054 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafc9',
    500: '#888eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888eb2;
$custom-light: #abafc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65471,
    "c": 0.05404,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EB2

secondary

#D3D0C3

accent

#9346A0

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EB2

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

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