#8A949D#8A949D

#8A949D is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.018 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A949D
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(208, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 12%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -1.71, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 6.21, 254.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0074 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.018 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1556, 29.0170, 36.0619)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A949D #9D938A

analogous

#8A9D9C #8A949D #8A8A9D

triadic

#8A949D #9D8A94 #949D8A

tetradic

#8A949D #9C8A9D #9D938A #8A9D8A

square

#8A949D #9C8A9D #9D938A #8A9D8A

split-complementary

#8A949D #9D8A8A #9D9C8A

monochromatic

#4F575E #6B757F #8A949D #ABB2B9 #CDD1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A949D

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A949D	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.018 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b9',
    500: '#8a949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a949d;
$custom-light: #acb3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 8.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66135,
    "c": 0.01769,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A949D

secondary

#C5C1BE

accent

#9276B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A949D

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

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