#8A91AB#8A91AB

#8A91AB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.039 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A91AB
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 171)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 3.11, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 14.81, 282.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0024 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.039 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9555, 28.5938, 42.5665)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A91AB #ABA48A

analogous

#8AA1AB #8A91AB #938AAB

triadic

#8A91AB #AB8A91 #91AB8A

tetradic

#8A91AB #AB8AA1 #ABA48A #8AAB93

square

#8A91AB #AB8AA1 #ABA48A #8AAB93

split-complementary

#8A91AB #AB938A #A1AB8A

monochromatic

#4E546D #687090 #8A91AB #AEB2C5 #D1D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A91AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8A91AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A91AB

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A91AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A91AB	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a91ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.039 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1c4',
    500: '#8a91ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a91ab;
$custom-light: #acb1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a91ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65989,
    "c": 0.03947,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A91AB

secondary

#CFCCC2

accent

#8A4B9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F5F8

border

#CECFD1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A91AB

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

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