#8A9BB3#8A9BB3

#8A9BB3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.040 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BB3
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(215, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(215, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -0.65, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 14.48, 267.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0091 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.04 257)
XYZ	xyz(30.3371, 32.0998, 47.2366)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BB3 #B3A28A

analogous

#8AB0B3 #8A9BB3 #8E8AB3

triadic

#8A9BB3 #B38A9B #9BB38A

tetradic

#8A9BB3 #B38AB0 #B3A28A #8AB38E

square

#8A9BB3 #B38AB0 #B3A28A #8AB38E

split-complementary

#8A9BB3 #B38E8A #B0B38A

monochromatic

#4D5E76 #657B9B #8A9BB3 #AFBBCB #D4DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8A9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8A9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BB3

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BB3	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.040 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8c9',
    500: '#8a9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bb3;
$custom-light: #acb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 21.244,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68433,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.32101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BB3

secondary

#D4CEC5

accent

#7A46A0

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BB3

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

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