#8A88A0#8A88A0

#8A88A0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.036 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88A0
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 160)
HSL	hsl(245, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(245, 15%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 15%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 5.75, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 13.71, 294.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0117 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.036 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6292, 25.5495, 36.8322)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88A0 #9EA088

analogous

#8892A0 #8A88A0 #9688A0

triadic

#8A88A0 #A08A88 #88A08A

tetradic

#8A88A0 #A08892 #9EA088 #88A096

square

#8A88A0 #A08892 #9EA088 #88A096

split-complementary

#8A88A0 #A09688 #92A088

monochromatic

#4F4D61 #6A6883 #8A88A0 #ABAABB #CDCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A88A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#8A88A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88A0

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88A0	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.036 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaabc',
    500: '#8a88a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88a0;
$custom-light: #acaabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 11.215,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63668,
    "c": 0.03568,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88A0

secondary

#C6C7BD

accent

#B474AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88A0

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

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