#8A909E#8A909E

#8A909E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.022 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A909E
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(222, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(222, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 0.76, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 8.17, 275.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0011 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.022 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6247, 27.8181, 36.3078)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A909E #9E988A

analogous

#8A9A9E #8A909E #8E8A9E

triadic

#8A909E #9E8A90 #909E8A

tetradic

#8A909E #9E8A9A #9E988A #8A9E8E

square

#8A909E #9E8A9A #9E988A #8A9E8E

split-complementary

#8A909E #9E8E8A #9A9E8A

monochromatic

#4F545F #6A7180 #8A909E #ABB0BA #CDCFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A909E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A909E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.022 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0ba',
    500: '#8a909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a909e;
$custom-light: #acb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65303,
    "c": 0.02194,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A909E

secondary

#C6C3BE

accent

#A075B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A909E

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

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