#8A99AE#8A99AE

#8A99AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.036 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99AE
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -0.70, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 12.75, 266.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0081 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.036 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5105, 31.2410, 44.5115)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99AE #AE9F8A

analogous

#8AABAE #8A99AE #8D8AAE

triadic

#8A99AE #AE8A99 #99AE8A

tetradic

#8A99AE #AE8AAB #AE9F8A #8AAE8D

square

#8A99AE #AE8AAB #AE9F8A #8AAE8D

split-complementary

#8A99AE #AE8D8A #ABAE8A

monochromatic

#4E5C70 #677A94 #8A99AE #AEB9C7 #D2D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8A99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#8A99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99AE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99AE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.036 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7c6',
    500: '#8a99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99ae;
$custom-light: #acb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67817,
    "c": 0.03553,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99AE

secondary

#D1CBC3

accent

#7A499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99AE

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

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