#8A949E#8A949E

#8A949E is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.019 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A949E
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(210, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -1.49, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 6.66, 257.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.007 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.019 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2413, 29.0513, 36.5134)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A949E #9E948A

analogous

#8A9E9E #8A949E #8A8A9E

triadic

#8A949E #9E8A94 #949E8A

tetradic

#8A949E #9E8A9E #9E948A #8A9E8A

square

#8A949E #9E8A9E #9E948A #8A9E8A

split-complementary

#8A949E #9E8A8A #9E9E8A

monochromatic

#4F575F #6A7580 #8A949E #ABB3BA #CDD1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8A949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A949E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A949E	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.019 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3ba',
    500: '#8a949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a949e;
$custom-light: #acb3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66169,
    "c": 0.01884,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A949E

secondary

#C6C2BE

accent

#9475B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A949E

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

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