#8991B4#8991B4

#8991B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.053 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8991B4
RGB	rgb(137, 145, 180)
HSL	hsl(229, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(229, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 4.92, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 19.84, 284.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0044 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.053 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6780, 28.8638, 47.2315)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8991B4 #B4AC89

analogous

#89A7B4 #8991B4 #9789B4

triadic

#8991B4 #B48991 #91B489

tetradic

#8991B4 #B489A7 #B4AC89 #89B497

square

#8991B4 #B489A7 #B4AC89 #89B497

split-complementary

#8991B4 #B49789 #A7B489

monochromatic

#4C5477 #646E9C #8991B4 #AEB4CC #D4D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8991B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8991B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8991B4

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8991B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8991B4	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8991b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 145, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.053 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1ca',
    500: '#8991b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8991b4;
$custom-light: #acb1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8991b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 22.28,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66262,
    "c": 0.05285,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8991B4

secondary

#D4D1C5

accent

#9045A1

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F5F8

border

#CECFD1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8991B4

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

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