#8E98AA#8E98AA

#8E98AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.029 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E98AA
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(219, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(219, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 0.26, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 10.61, 271.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0039 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.029 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6375, 31.1090, 42.4656)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E98AA #AAA08E

analogous

#8EA6AA #8E98AA #928EAA

triadic

#8E98AA #AA8E98 #98AA8E

tetradic

#8E98AA #AA8EA6 #AAA08E #8EAA92

square

#8E98AA #AA8EA6 #AAA08E #8EAA92

split-complementary

#8E98AA #AA928E #A6AA8E

monochromatic

#515B6C #6C788F #8E98AA #B1B8C4 #D4D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8E98AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8E98AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E98AA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E98AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E98AA	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e98aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.029 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6c3',
    500: '#8e98aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e98aa;
$custom-light: #afb6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e98aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67761,
    "c": 0.02897,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E98AA

secondary

#CFCBC5

accent

#7D4D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E98AA

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

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