#8E90A2#8E90A2

#8E90A2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.027 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E90A2
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 162)
HSL	hsl(234, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(234, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 3.00, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 10.17, 287.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0049 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.027 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6488, 28.3057, 38.1823)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E90A2 #A2A08E

analogous

#8E9AA2 #8E90A2 #968EA2

triadic

#8E90A2 #A28E90 #90A28E

tetradic

#8E90A2 #A28E9A #A2A08E #8EA296

square

#8E90A2 #A28E9A #A2A08E #8EA296

split-complementary

#8E90A2 #A2968E #9AA28E

monochromatic

#525464 #6E7085 #8E90A2 #B0B1BE #D1D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E90A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8E90A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E90A2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E90A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E90A2	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e90a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.027 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb0bd',
    500: '#8e90a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e90a2;
$custom-light: #afb0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e90a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.02668,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E90A2

secondary

#CAC9C2

accent

#AD75B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E90A2

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

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