#8A88A6#8A88A6

#8A88A6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.045 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88A6
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 166)
HSL	hsl(244, 14%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(244, 18%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 7.11, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 17.12, 294.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0139 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.045 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1668, 25.7645, 39.6635)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88A6 #A4A688

analogous

#8895A6 #8A88A6 #9988A6

triadic

#8A88A6 #A68A88 #88A68A

tetradic

#8A88A6 #A68895 #A4A688 #88A699

square

#8A88A6 #A68895 #A4A688 #88A699

split-complementary

#8A88A6 #A69988 #95A688

monochromatic

#4F4D67 #69678A #8A88A6 #ACABC0 #CFCEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A88A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A88A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88A6

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88A6	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.045 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaac0',
    500: '#8a88a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88a6;
$custom-light: #acaac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 14.423,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63896,
    "c": 0.04459,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88A6

secondary

#CACBBF

accent

#B771B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88A6

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

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