#8899BE#8899BE

#8899BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.058 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8899BE
RGB	rgb(136, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(221, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 2.52, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 21.26, 276.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0045 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.058 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8362, 31.7334, 53.2057)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8899BE #BEAD88

analogous

#88B4BE #8899BE #9288BE

triadic

#8899BE #BE8899 #99BE88

tetradic

#8899BE #BE88B4 #BEAD88 #88BE92

square

#8899BE #BE88B4 #BEAD88 #88BE92

split-complementary

#8899BE #BE9288 #B4BE88

monochromatic

#485B84 #6077A8 #8899BE #B0BBD4 #D7DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8899BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8899BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8899BE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8899BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8899BE	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8899be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.058 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb7d1',
    500: '#8899be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8899be;
$custom-light: #abb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8899be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 29.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68286,
    "c": 0.05819,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8899BE

secondary

#DAD4C7

accent

#863DA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8899BE

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

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