#8A99BC#8A99BC

#8A99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.055 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99BC
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(222, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 2.64, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 20.05, 277.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0031 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.055 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9471, 31.8157, 52.0777)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99BC #BCAD8A

analogous

#8AB2BC #8A99BC #948ABC

triadic

#8A99BC #BC8A99 #99BC8A

tetradic

#8A99BC #BC8AB2 #BCAD8A #8ABC94

square

#8A99BC #BC8AB2 #BCAD8A #8ABC94

split-complementary

#8A99BC #BC948A #B2BC8A

monochromatic

#4A5B81 #6377A6 #8A99BC #B1BBD2 #D8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99BC

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99BC	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.055 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7d0',
    500: '#8a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99bc;
$custom-light: #adb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68352,
    "c": 0.0546,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99BC

secondary

#DAD4C8

accent

#8740A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99BC

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

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