#8A909C#8A909C

#8A909C is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.019 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A909C
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(220, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 0.32, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 7.09, 272.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0019 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.019 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4539, 27.7498, 35.4086)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A909C #9C968A

analogous

#8A999C #8A909C #8D8A9C

triadic

#8A909C #9C8A90 #909C8A

tetradic

#8A909C #9C8A99 #9C968A #8A9C8D

square

#8A909C #9C8A99 #9C968A #8A9C8D

split-complementary

#8A909C #9C8D8A #999C8A

monochromatic

#4F535D #6B717E #8A909C #ABAFB8 #CCCFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A909C

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A909C	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.019 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0b9',
    500: '#8a909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a909c;
$custom-light: #acb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.01915,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A909C

secondary

#C5C2BD

accent

#9E76B1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A909C

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

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