#8A99BD#8A99BD

#8A99BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.056 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99BD
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(222, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 2.89, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 20.58, 278.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0027 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.056 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0553, 31.8589, 52.6474)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99BD #BDAE8A

analogous

#8AB3BD #8A99BD #958ABD

triadic

#8A99BD #BD8A99 #99BD8A

tetradic

#8A99BD #BD8AB3 #BDAE8A #8ABD95

square

#8A99BD #BD8AB3 #BDAE8A #8ABD95

split-complementary

#8A99BD #BD958A #B3BD8A

monochromatic

#4A5B83 #6377A7 #8A99BD #B1BBD3 #D8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#8A99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99BD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99BD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.056 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7d1',
    500: '#8a99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99bd;
$custom-light: #adb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68392,
    "c": 0.05601,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99BD

secondary

#DAD5C9

accent

#883FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99BD

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

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