#888EB8#888EB8

#888EB8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.063 H 278.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888EB8
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(233, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 7.30, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 23.77, 287.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.009 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.063 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4758, 28.0402, 49.2501)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888EB8 #B8B288

analogous

#88A6B8 #888EB8 #9A88B8

triadic

#888EB8 #B8888E #8EB888

tetradic

#888EB8 #B888A6 #B8B288 #88B89A

square

#888EB8 #B888A6 #B8B288 #88B89A

split-complementary

#888EB8 #B89A88 #A6B888

monochromatic

#4A507C #626AA1 #888EB8 #AEB2CF #D5D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#888EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#888EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888EB8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888EB8	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8292BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.063 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafcd',
    500: '#888eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888eb8;
$custom-light: #abafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 25.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65719,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888EB8

secondary

#D7D4C5

accent

#9842A4

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #888EB8

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

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