#8A99BB#8A99BB

#8A99BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.053 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99BB
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(222, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 2.40, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 19.51, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0034 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.053 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8397, 31.7727, 51.5119)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99BB #BBAC8A

analogous

#8AB1BB #8A99BB #938ABB

triadic

#8A99BB #BB8A99 #99BB8A

tetradic

#8A99BB #BB8AB1 #BBAC8A #8ABB93

square

#8A99BB #BB8AB1 #BBAC8A #8ABB93

split-complementary

#8A99BB #BB938A #B1BB8A

monochromatic

#4A5B80 #6377A5 #8A99BB #B1BBD1 #D7DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8A99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99BB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99BB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.053 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7cf',
    500: '#8a99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99bb;
$custom-light: #adb7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.633,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.0532,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99BB

secondary

#D9D4C8

accent

#8640A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99BB

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

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