#8A90AE#8A90AE

#8A90AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.045 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90AE
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 174)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(230, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 4.38, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 17.01, 284.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0049 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.045 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0926, 28.4052, 44.0389)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90AE #AEA88A

analogous

#8AA2AE #8A90AE #968AAE

triadic

#8A90AE #AE8A90 #90AE8A

tetradic

#8A90AE #AE8AA2 #AEA88A #8AAE96

square

#8A90AE #AE8AA2 #AEA88A #8AAE96

split-complementary

#8A90AE #AE968A #A2AE8A

monochromatic

#4E5370 #676E94 #8A90AE #AEB2C7 #D2D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A90AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8A90AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90AE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90AE	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.045 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0c6',
    500: '#8a90ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90ae;
$custom-light: #acb0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65892,
    "c": 0.0451,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90AE

secondary

#D1CEC3

accent

#8F499C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90AE

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

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