#8A88AA#8A88AA

#8A88AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.051 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88AA
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 170)
HSL	hsl(244, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(244, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 8.03, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 19.39, 294.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0153 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.051 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5394, 25.9135, 41.6260)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88AA #A8AA88

analogous

#8897AA #8A88AA #9B88AA

triadic

#8A88AA #AA8A88 #88AA8A

tetradic

#8A88AA #AA8897 #A8AA88 #88AA9B

square

#8A88AA #AA8897 #A8AA88 #88AA9B

split-complementary

#8A88AA #AA9B88 #97AA88

monochromatic

#4E4C6B #68668F #8A88AA #ADACC4 #D0CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A88AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#8A88AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88AA

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88AA	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.051 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaac3',
    500: '#8a88aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88aa;
$custom-light: #acaac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.05053,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88AA

secondary

#CDCDC0

accent

#B96EB5

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88AA

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

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