#8A9BB5#8A9BB5

#8A9BB5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.043 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(216, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -0.17, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 15.49, 269.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0084 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.043 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5408, 32.1813, 48.3096)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BB5 #B5A48A

analogous

#8AB0B5 #8A9BB5 #8E8AB5

triadic

#8A9BB5 #B58A9B #9BB58A

tetradic

#8A9BB5 #B58AB0 #B5A48A #8AB58E

square

#8A9BB5 #B58AB0 #B5A48A #8AB58E

split-complementary

#8A9BB5 #B58E8A #B0B58A

monochromatic

#4C5E78 #657B9D #8A9BB5 #AFBBCD #D5DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#8A9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BB5

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BB5	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.043 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8cb',
    500: '#8a9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bb5;
$custom-light: #acb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BB5

secondary

#D5CFC6

accent

#7C45A1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BB5

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

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