#8A91AA#8A91AA

#8A91AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.038 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91AA
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 170)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 2.88, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 14.26, 281.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.002 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.038 273)
XYZ	xyz(27.8606, 28.5558, 42.0664)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91AA #AAA38A

analogous

#8AA1AA #8A91AA #938AAA

triadic

#8A91AA #AA8A91 #91AA8A

tetradic

#8A91AA #AA8AA1 #AAA38A #8AAA93

square

#8A91AA #AA8AA1 #AAA38A #8AAA93

split-complementary

#8A91AA #AA938A #A1AA8A

monochromatic

#4E556C #68708F #8A91AA #ADB2C4 #D1D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A91AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A91AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91AA

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91AA	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.038 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1c3',
    500: '#8a91aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91aa;
$custom-light: #acb1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65952,
    "c": 0.03801,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.28556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91AA

secondary

#CECBC2

accent

#894B9A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F5F7

border

#CECFD0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91AA

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

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