#8A9BB7#8A9BB7

#8A9BB7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.046 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9BB7
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(217, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 0.30, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 16.51, 271.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0076 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.046 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7475, 32.2640, 49.3981)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9BB7 #B7A68A

analogous

#8AB2B7 #8A9BB7 #8F8AB7

triadic

#8A9BB7 #B78A9B #9BB78A

tetradic

#8A9BB7 #B78AB2 #B7A68A #8AB78F

square

#8A9BB7 #B78AB2 #B7A68A #8AB78F

split-complementary

#8A9BB7 #B78F8A #B2B78A

monochromatic

#4C5E7B #647BA0 #8A9BB7 #B0BBCE #D6DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#8A9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9BB7

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9BB7	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.046 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8cc',
    500: '#8a9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9bb7;
$custom-light: #adb8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.04574,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9BB7

secondary

#D6D0C6

accent

#7E43A2

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9BB7

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

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