#8A89AE#8A89AE

#8A89AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.055 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A89AE
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 174)
HSL	hsl(242, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 8.40, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 21.05, 293.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0151 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.055 286)
XYZ	xyz(27.0651, 26.3502, 43.6964)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A89AE #ADAE89

analogous

#899AAE #8A89AE #9C89AE

triadic

#8A89AE #AE8A89 #89AE8A

tetradic

#8A89AE #AE899A #ADAE89 #89AE9C

square

#8A89AE #AE899A #ADAE89 #89AE9C

split-complementary

#8A89AE #AE9C89 #9AAE89

monochromatic

#4E4D70 #676694 #8A89AE #AEADC7 #D2D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8A89AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#8A89AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A89AE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A89AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A89AE	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a89ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.055 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabc6',
    500: '#8a89ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a89ae;
$custom-light: #acabc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a89ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 18.593,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.05494,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A89AE

secondary

#D0D0C2

accent

#9D499B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A89AE

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

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