#8A969E#8A969E

#8A969E is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.018 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A969E
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -2.61, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 6.24, 245.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.01 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.018 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5577, 29.6841, 36.6188)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A969E #9E928A

analogous

#8A9E9C #8A969E #8A8C9E

triadic

#8A969E #9E8A96 #969E8A

tetradic

#8A969E #9C8A9E #9E928A #8C9E8A

square

#8A969E #9C8A9E #9E928A #8C9E8A

split-complementary

#8A969E #9E8A8C #9E9C8A

monochromatic

#4F585F #6A7880 #8A969E #ABB4BA #CDD2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A969E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A969E	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.018 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4ba',
    500: '#8a969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a969e;
$custom-light: #acb4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66605,
    "c": 0.01824,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A969E

secondary

#C6C1BE

accent

#8E75B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A969E

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

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