#8A90A6#8A90A6

#8A90A6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.033 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90A6
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 166)
HSL	hsl(227, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 2.54, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 12.56, 281.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.002 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.033 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3358, 28.1025, 40.0531)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90A6 #A6A08A

analogous

#8A9EA6 #8A90A6 #928AA6

triadic

#8A90A6 #A68A90 #90A68A

tetradic

#8A90A6 #A68A9E #A6A08A #8AA692

square

#8A90A6 #A68A9E #A6A08A #8AA692

split-complementary

#8A90A6 #A6928A #9EA68A

monochromatic

#4E5467 #69708A #8A90A6 #ADB1C0 #D0D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A90A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8A90A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90A6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90A6	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.033 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0c0',
    500: '#8a90a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90a6;
$custom-light: #acb0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65589,
    "c": 0.03342,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90A6

secondary

#CBC9C0

accent

#A871B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90A6

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

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