#8985A5#8985A5

#8985A5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.048 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8985A5
RGB	rgb(137, 133, 165)
HSL	hsl(248, 15%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(248, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 8.28, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 18.38, 296.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0169 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.048 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4941, 24.8098, 39.0357)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8985A5 #A1A585

analogous

#8591A5 #8985A5 #9985A5

triadic

#8985A5 #A58985 #85A589

tetradic

#8985A5 #A58591 #A1A585 #85A599

square

#8985A5 #A58591 #A1A585 #85A599

split-complementary

#8985A5 #A59985 #91A585

monochromatic

#4E4B65 #696588 #8985A5 #ABA8BF #CDCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8985A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8985A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8985A5

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8985A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8985A5	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8985a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 133, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.048 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba8bf',
    500: '#8985a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8985a5;
$custom-light: #aba8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8985a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 15.094,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63146,
    "c": 0.04778,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8985A5

secondary

#C8C9BD

accent

#B870AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8985A5

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

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