#8A889D#8A889D

#8A889D is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A889D
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(246, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 5.09, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 12.01, 295.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0106 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3699, 25.4457, 35.4667)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A889D #9B9D88

analogous

#88919D #8A889D #94889D

triadic

#8A889D #9D8A88 #889D8A

tetradic

#8A889D #9D8891 #9B9D88 #889D94

square

#8A889D #9D8891 #9B9D88 #889D94

split-complementary

#8A889D #9D9488 #919D88

monochromatic

#4F4D5E #6B697F #8A889D #ABAAB9 #CCCBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A889D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A889D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaba',
    500: '#8a889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a889d;
$custom-light: #acaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63557,
    "c": 0.03122,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A889D

secondary

#C4C5BC

accent

#B375AD

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A889D

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

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