#8A899F#8A899F

#8A899F is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.033 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899F
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(243, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 4.96, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 12.54, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0098 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.033 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6836, 25.7976, 36.4205)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899F #9E9F89

analogous

#89939F #8A899F #95899F

triadic

#8A899F #9F8A89 #899F8A

tetradic

#8A899F #9F8993 #9E9F89 #899F95

square

#8A899F #9F8993 #9E9F89 #899F95

split-complementary

#8A899F #9F9589 #939F89

monochromatic

#4F4E60 #6A6981 #8A899F #ABABBA #CDCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8A899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.033 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabbb',
    500: '#8a899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899f;
$custom-light: #acabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 10.28,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.03265,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899F

secondary

#C6C6BE

accent

#B375B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899F

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

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