#8E90AC#8E90AC

#8E90AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.041 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E90AC
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 172)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 5.23, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 15.80, 289.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0086 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.041 282)
XYZ	xyz(28.5733, 28.6755, 43.0513)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E90AC #ACAA8E

analogous

#8E9FAC #8E90AC #9B8EAC

triadic

#8E90AC #AC8E90 #90AC8E

tetradic

#8E90AC #AC8E9F #ACAA8E #8EAC9B

square

#8E90AC #AC8E9F #ACAA8E #8EAC9B

split-complementary

#8E90AC #AC9B8E #9FAC8E

monochromatic

#51536E #6B6E92 #8E90AC #B1B3C6 #D5D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E90AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8E90AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E90AC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E90AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E90AC	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e90ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.041 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb0c4',
    500: '#8e90ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e90ac;
$custom-light: #afb0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e90ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66135,
    "c": 0.04143,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.28676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E90AC

secondary

#D0D0C5

accent

#944C9A

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E90AC

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

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