#8A90A8#8A90A8

#8A90A8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.036 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90A8
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 168)
HSL	hsl(228, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 2.99, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 13.67, 282.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0027 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.036 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5207, 28.1765, 41.0269)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90A8 #A8A28A

analogous

#8A9FA8 #8A90A8 #938AA8

triadic

#8A90A8 #A88A90 #90A88A

tetradic

#8A90A8 #A88A9F #A8A28A #8AA893

square

#8A90A8 #A88A9F #A8A28A #8AA893

split-complementary

#8A90A8 #A8938A #9FA88A

monochromatic

#4E5469 #68708C #8A90A8 #ADB1C2 #D0D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A90A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#8A90A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90A8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90A8	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.036 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0c1',
    500: '#8a90a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90a8;
$custom-light: #acb0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65664,
    "c": 0.03633,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90A8

secondary

#CDCAC1

accent

#A970B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90A8

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

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