#8A88A4#8A88A4

#8A88A4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.042 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88A4
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 164)
HSL	hsl(244, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(244, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 6.65, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 15.98, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0132 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.042 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9848, 25.6917, 38.7048)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88A4 #A2A488

analogous

#8894A4 #8A88A4 #9888A4

triadic

#8A88A4 #A48A88 #88A48A

tetradic

#8A88A4 #A48894 #A2A488 #88A498

square

#8A88A4 #A48894 #A2A488 #88A498

split-complementary

#8A88A4 #A49888 #94A488

monochromatic

#4F4D65 #6A6787 #8A88A4 #ACABBF #CECDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A88A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A88A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88A4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88A4	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.042 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaabf',
    500: '#8a88a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88a4;
$custom-light: #acaabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63819,
    "c": 0.04163,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88A4

secondary

#C9C9BE

accent

#B672B1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88A4

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

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