#8A96A4#8A96A4

#8A96A4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.025 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96A4
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(212, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(212, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -1.29, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 8.89, 261.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0076 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.025 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0868, 29.8958, 39.4054)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96A4 #A4988A

analogous

#8AA3A4 #8A96A4 #8B8AA4

triadic

#8A96A4 #A48A96 #96A48A

tetradic

#8A96A4 #A48AA3 #A4988A #8AA48B

square

#8A96A4 #A48AA3 #A4988A #8AA48B

split-complementary

#8A96A4 #A48B8A #A3A48A

monochromatic

#4F5965 #697787 #8A96A4 #ACB5BF #CFD4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8A96A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8A96A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96A4

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96A4	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.025 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4bf',
    500: '#8a96a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96a4;
$custom-light: #acb4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.02496,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96A4

secondary

#CAC5C0

accent

#9672B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96A4

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

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