#8A899C#8A899C

#8A899C is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.028 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899C
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(243, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(243, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 4.30, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 10.83, 293.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0087 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.028 288)
XYZ	xyz(25.4264, 25.6947, 35.0661)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899C #9B9C89

analogous

#89919C #8A899C #94899C

triadic

#8A899C #9C8A89 #899C8A

tetradic

#8A899C #9C8991 #9B9C89 #899C94

square

#8A899C #9C8991 #9B9C89 #899C94

split-complementary

#8A899C #9C9489 #919C89

monochromatic

#4F4E5D #6B6A7E #8A899C #ABAAB8 #CCCCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899C	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)

#858B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.028 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb9',
    500: '#8a899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899c;
$custom-light: #acabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 8.756,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63733,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.25695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899C

secondary

#C4C4BD

accent

#B276AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899C

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

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