#8A90BE#8A90BE

#8A90BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.069 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90BE
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 190)
HSL	hsl(233, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(233, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 8.26, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 25.94, 288.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0102 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.069 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7463, 29.0667, 52.7484)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90BE #BEB88A

analogous

#8AAABE #8A90BE #9E8ABE

triadic

#8A90BE #BE8A90 #90BE8A

tetradic

#8A90BE #BE8AAA #BEB88A #8ABE9E

square

#8A90BE #BE8AAA #BEB88A #8ABE9E

split-complementary

#8A90BE #BE9E8A #AABE8A

monochromatic

#495084 #636BA8 #8A90BE #B1B5D4 #D9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A90BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8A90BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90BE

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90BE	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D98A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.069 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb0d1',
    500: '#8a90be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90be;
$custom-light: #adb0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.06857,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90BE

secondary

#DBD9C9

accent

#9B3EA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90BE

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

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