#8A88AE#8A88AE

#8A88AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.056 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A88AE
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 174)
HSL	hsl(243, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 8.97, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 21.66, 294.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0166 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.056 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9236, 26.0672, 43.6492)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A88AE #ACAE88

analogous

#8899AE #8A88AE #9D88AE

triadic

#8A88AE #AE8A88 #88AE8A

tetradic

#8A88AE #AE8899 #ACAE88 #88AE9D

square

#8A88AE #AE8899 #ACAE88 #88AE9D

split-complementary

#8A88AE #AE9D88 #99AE88

monochromatic

#4E4C70 #676594 #8A88AE #AEACC7 #D2D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A88AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8A88AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A88AE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A88AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A88AE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a88ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.056 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaac6',
    500: '#8a88ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a88ae;
$custom-light: #acaac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a88ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 19,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64216,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A88AE

secondary

#CFD0C2

accent

#9D4899

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A88AE

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

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