#8E90AE#8E90AE

#8E90AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.044 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E90AE
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 5.69, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 16.92, 289.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0093 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.044 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7668, 28.7529, 44.0705)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E90AE #AEAC8E

analogous

#8EA0AE #8E90AE #9C8EAE

triadic

#8E90AE #AE8E90 #90AE8E

tetradic

#8E90AE #AE8EA0 #AEAC8E #8EAE9C

square

#8E90AE #AE8EA0 #AEAC8E #8EAE9C

split-complementary

#8E90AE #AE9C8E #A0AE8E

monochromatic

#515371 #6A6D94 #8E90AE #B2B3C8 #D5D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8E90AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#8E90AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E90AE

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E90AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E90AE	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e90ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.044 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb0c6',
    500: '#8e90ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e90ae;
$custom-light: #afb0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e90ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66211,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E90AE

secondary

#D2D1C6

accent

#964B9B

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E90AE

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

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