#8A96A2#8A96A2

#8A96A2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.023 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96A2
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(210, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -1.73, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 7.95, 257.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0084 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.023 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9076, 29.8241, 38.4617)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96A2 #A2968A

analogous

#8AA2A2 #8A96A2 #8A8AA2

triadic

#8A96A2 #A28A96 #96A28A

tetradic

#8A96A2 #A28AA2 #A2968A #8AA28A

square

#8A96A2 #A28AA2 #A2968A #8AA28A

split-complementary

#8A96A2 #A28A8A #A2A28A

monochromatic

#4F5963 #6A7785 #8A96A2 #ACB5BD #CED3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A96A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8A96A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96A2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96A2	1.00	3.02	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.023 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4bd',
    500: '#8a96a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96a2;
$custom-light: #acb4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.02255,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96A2

secondary

#C9C4BF

accent

#9473B4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96A2

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

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