#8A90AC#8A90AC

#8A90AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.042 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90AC
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 172)
HSL	hsl(229, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(229, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 3.91, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 15.90, 284.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0042 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.042 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8991, 28.3278, 43.0197)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90AC #ACA68A

analogous

#8AA1AC #8A90AC #958AAC

triadic

#8A90AC #AC8A90 #90AC8A

tetradic

#8A90AC #AC8AA1 #ACA68A #8AAC95

square

#8A90AC #AC8AA1 #ACA68A #8AAC95

split-complementary

#8A90AC #AC958A #A1AC8A

monochromatic

#4E536E #676F92 #8A90AC #AEB2C5 #D2D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A90AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8A90AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90AC

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90AC	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.042 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0c4',
    500: '#8a90ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90ac;
$custom-light: #acb0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.04218,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90AC

secondary

#CFCDC2

accent

#8D4A9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90AC

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

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