#8A99B9#8A99B9

#8A99B9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.050 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99B9
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(221, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(221, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 1.91, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 18.45, 275.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0041 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.05 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6271, 31.6876, 50.3922)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99B9 #B9AA8A

analogous

#8AB0B9 #8A99B9 #928AB9

triadic

#8A99B9 #B98A99 #99B98A

tetradic

#8A99B9 #B98AB0 #B9AA8A #8AB992

square

#8A99B9 #B98AB0 #B9AA8A #8AB992

split-complementary

#8A99B9 #B9928A #B0B98A

monochromatic

#4B5B7E #6478A2 #8A99B9 #B0BAD0 #D7DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A99B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8A99B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99B9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99B9	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.050 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7ce',
    500: '#8a99b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99b9;
$custom-light: #adb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.851,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99B9

secondary

#D8D2C7

accent

#8442A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99B9

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

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