#8A94A4#8A94A4

#8A94A4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.026 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A94A4
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 164)
HSL	hsl(217, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -0.17, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 9.62, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0047 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.026 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7704, 29.2629, 39.3000)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A94A4 #A49A8A

analogous

#8AA1A4 #8A94A4 #8D8AA4

triadic

#8A94A4 #A48A94 #94A48A

tetradic

#8A94A4 #A48AA1 #A49A8A #8AA48D

square

#8A94A4 #A48AA1 #A49A8A #8AA48D

split-complementary

#8A94A4 #A48D8A #A1A48A

monochromatic

#4F5765 #697587 #8A94A4 #ACB3BF #CFD3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A94A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A94A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A94A4

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A94A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A94A4	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a94a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.026 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3bf',
    500: '#8a94a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a94a4;
$custom-light: #acb3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a94a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66377,
    "c": 0.02643,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A94A4

secondary

#CAC6C0

accent

#9C72B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A94A4

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

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