#8A969C#8A969C

#8A969C is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.016 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A969C
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(200, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -3.03, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 5.53, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0108 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.016 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3870, 29.6158, 35.7196)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A969C #9C908A

analogous

#8A9C99 #8A969C #8A8D9C

triadic

#8A969C #9C8A96 #969C8A

tetradic

#8A969C #998A9C #9C908A #8D9C8A

square

#8A969C #998A9C #9C908A #8D9C8A

split-complementary

#8A969C #9C8A8D #9C998A

monochromatic

#4F585D #6B787E #8A969C #ABB4B8 #CCD1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A969C

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A969C	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.016 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b9',
    500: '#8a969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a969c;
$custom-light: #acb4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66538,
    "c": 0.01646,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A969C

secondary

#C5C0BD

accent

#8A76B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A969C

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

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