#8A899D#8A899D

#8A899D is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.030 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899D
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(243, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 4.52, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 11.40, 293.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0091 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.03 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5114, 25.7287, 35.5139)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899D #9C9D89

analogous

#89929D #8A899D #94899D

triadic

#8A899D #9D8A89 #899D8A

tetradic

#8A899D #9D8992 #9C9D89 #899D94

square

#8A899D #9D8992 #9C9D89 #899D94

split-complementary

#8A899D #9D9489 #929D89

monochromatic

#4F4E5E #6B6A7F #8A899D #ABAAB9 #CCCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899D	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#858B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.030 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabba',
    500: '#8a899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899d;
$custom-light: #acabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 9.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63769,
    "c": 0.02968,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899D

secondary

#C5C5BD

accent

#B276AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899D

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

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