#8994B3#8994B3

#8994B3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.048 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8994B3
RGB	rgb(137, 148, 179)
HSL	hsl(224, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(224, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 2.97, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 17.73, 279.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0002 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.048 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0410, 29.7521, 46.8517)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8994B3 #B3A889

analogous

#89A9B3 #8994B3 #9389B3

triadic

#8994B3 #B38994 #94B389

tetradic

#8994B3 #B389A9 #B3A889 #89B393

square

#8994B3 #B389A9 #B3A889 #89B393

split-complementary

#8994B3 #B39389 #A9B389

monochromatic

#4C5776 #64729B #8994B3 #AEB6CB #D3D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8994B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8994B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8994B3

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8994B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8994B3	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F9A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8994b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 148, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.048 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3c9',
    500: '#8994b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8994b3;
$custom-light: #acb3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8994b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.286,
    "s": 21.649,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66859,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8994B3

secondary

#D4D0C4

accent

#8845A0

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8994B3

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

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