#8A99BE#8A99BE

#8A99BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.057 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99BE
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(223, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 3.13, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 21.12, 278.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0024 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.057 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1642, 31.9025, 53.2210)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99BE #BEAF8A

analogous

#8AB3BE #8A99BE #958ABE

triadic

#8A99BE #BE8A99 #99BE8A

tetradic

#8A99BE #BE8AB3 #BEAF8A #8ABE95

square

#8A99BE #BE8AB3 #BEAF8A #8ABE95

split-complementary

#8A99BE #BE958A #B3BE8A

monochromatic

#495A84 #6377A8 #8A99BE #B1BBD4 #D9DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8A99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99BE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99BE	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.057 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7d1',
    500: '#8a99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99be;
$custom-light: #adb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.692,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68432,
    "c": 0.05741,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99BE

secondary

#DBD6C9

accent

#893EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99BE

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

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