#8A99B2#8A99B2

#8A99B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.041 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99B2
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 0.24, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 14.78, 270.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0066 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.041 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9062, 31.3993, 46.5958)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99B2 #B2A38A

analogous

#8AADB2 #8A99B2 #8F8AB2

triadic

#8A99B2 #B28A99 #99B28A

tetradic

#8A99B2 #B28AAD #B2A38A #8AB28F

square

#8A99B2 #B28AAD #B2A38A #8AB28F

split-complementary

#8A99B2 #B28F8A #ADB28A

monochromatic

#4D5C75 #65799A #8A99B2 #AFB9CA #D4D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8A99B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8A99B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99B2

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99B2	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.041 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7c9',
    500: '#8a99b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99b2;
$custom-light: #acb7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67965,
    "c": 0.04082,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99B2

secondary

#D3CEC5

accent

#7E479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99B2

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

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