#8A90AA#8A90AA

#8A90AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.039 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90AA
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(229, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 3.45, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 14.78, 283.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0035 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.039 275)
XYZ	xyz(27.7084, 28.2516, 42.0157)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90AA #AAA48A

analogous

#8AA0AA #8A90AA #948AAA

triadic

#8A90AA #AA8A90 #90AA8A

tetradic

#8A90AA #AA8AA0 #AAA48A #8AAA94

square

#8A90AA #AA8AA0 #AAA48A #8AAA94

split-complementary

#8A90AA #AA948A #A0AA8A

monochromatic

#4E546C #686F8F #8A90AA #ADB2C4 #D1D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A90AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A90AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90AA

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90AA	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.039 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0c3',
    500: '#8a90aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90aa;
$custom-light: #acb0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65739,
    "c": 0.03925,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.28252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90AA

secondary

#CECCC2

accent

#8B4B9A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90AA

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

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