#8A889C#8A889C

#8A889C is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.030 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A889C
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(246, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 4.87, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 11.44, 295.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0102 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.03 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2849, 25.4117, 35.0189)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A889C #9A9C88

analogous

#88909C #8A889C #94889C

triadic

#8A889C #9C8A88 #889C8A

tetradic

#8A889C #9C8890 #9A9C88 #889C94

square

#8A889C #9C8890 #9A9C88 #889C94

split-complementary

#8A889C #9C9488 #909C88

monochromatic

#4F4D5D #6B697E #8A889C #ABA9B8 #CCCBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A889C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A889C	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.030 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab9',
    500: '#8a889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a889c;
$custom-light: #acaab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 9.174,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63521,
    "c": 0.02974,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A889C

secondary

#C3C4BC

accent

#B276AC

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A889C

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

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