#8A899E#8A899E

#8A899E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.031 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899E
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(243, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 4.74, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 11.97, 293.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0095 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.031 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5971, 25.7630, 35.9653)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899E #9D9E89

analogous

#89929E #8A899E #94899E

triadic

#8A899E #9E8A89 #899E8A

tetradic

#8A899E #9E8992 #9D9E89 #899E94

square

#8A899E #9E8992 #9D9E89 #899E94

split-complementary

#8A899E #9E9489 #929E89

monochromatic

#4F4E5F #6B6980 #8A899E #ABABBA #CDCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.031 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabba',
    500: '#8a899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899e;
$custom-light: #acabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 9.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.03117,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899E

secondary

#C5C6BD

accent

#B375B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899E

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

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