#8A90A4#8A90A4

#8A90A4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.031 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90A4
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 164)
HSL	hsl(226, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 2.08, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 11.45, 280.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0012 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.031 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1538, 28.0297, 39.0944)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90A4 #A49E8A

analogous

#8A9DA4 #8A90A4 #918AA4

triadic

#8A90A4 #A48A90 #90A48A

tetradic

#8A90A4 #A48A9D #A49E8A #8AA491

square

#8A90A4 #A48A9D #A49E8A #8AA491

split-complementary

#8A90A4 #A4918A #9DA48A

monochromatic

#4F5465 #697087 #8A90A4 #ACB1BF #CFD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A90A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8A90A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90A4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90A4	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.031 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0bf',
    500: '#8a90a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90a4;
$custom-light: #acb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65516,
    "c": 0.03051,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90A4

secondary

#CAC8C0

accent

#A672B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90A4

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

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