#8E90AA#8E90AA

#8E90AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.038 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E90AA
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 4.78, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 14.67, 289.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0079 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.038 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3826, 28.5992, 42.0473)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E90AA #AAA88E

analogous

#8E9EAA #8E90AA #9A8EAA

triadic

#8E90AA #AA8E90 #90AA8E

tetradic

#8E90AA #AA8E9E #AAA88E #8EAA9A

square

#8E90AA #AA8E9E #AAA88E #8EAA9A

split-complementary

#8E90AA #AA9A8E #9EAA8E

monochromatic

#51536C #6C6E8F #8E90AA #B1B2C4 #D4D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8E90AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E90AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E90AA

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E90AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E90AA	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e90aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.038 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb0c3',
    500: '#8e90aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e90aa;
$custom-light: #afb0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e90aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66059,
    "c": 0.03849,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E90AA

secondary

#CFCEC5

accent

#934D98

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E90AA

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

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