#8A899B#8A899B

#8A899B is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.027 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899B
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(243, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(243, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 4.08, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 10.26, 293.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0083 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.027 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3421, 25.6610, 34.6219)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899B #9A9B89

analogous

#89919B #8A899B #93899B

triadic

#8A899B #9B8A89 #899B8A

tetradic

#8A899B #9B8991 #9A9B89 #899B93

square

#8A899B #9B8991 #9A9B89 #899B93

split-complementary

#8A899B #9B9389 #919B89

monochromatic

#4F4E5C #6B6A7D #8A899B #ABAAB7 #CCCBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899B	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.027 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb8',
    500: '#8a899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899b;
$custom-light: #acabb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 8.257,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.0267,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899B

secondary

#C3C4BC

accent

#B177AE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899B

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

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