#8A99AF#8A99AF

#8A99AF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.037 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99AF
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 175)
HSL	hsl(216, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -0.47, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 13.25, 267.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0077 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.037 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6083, 31.2801, 45.0268)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99AF #AFA08A

analogous

#8AACAF #8A99AF #8E8AAF

triadic

#8A99AF #AF8A99 #99AF8A

tetradic

#8A99AF #AF8AAC #AFA08A #8AAF8E

square

#8A99AF #AF8AAC #AFA08A #8AAF8E

split-complementary

#8A99AF #AF8E8A #ACAF8A

monochromatic

#4D5C71 #667996 #8A99AF #AEB9C8 #D3D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8A99AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#8A99AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99AF

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99AF	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.037 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7c6',
    500: '#8a99af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99af;
$custom-light: #acb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67854,
    "c": 0.03684,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99AF

secondary

#D1CCC3

accent

#7B489D

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99AF

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

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