#8A989C#8A989C

#8A989C is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.017 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A989C
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(193, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -4.14, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 5.62, 222.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0137 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.017 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7088, 30.2596, 35.8269)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A989C #9C8E8A

analogous

#8A9C97 #8A989C #8A8F9C

triadic

#8A989C #9C8A98 #989C8A

tetradic

#8A989C #978A9C #9C8E8A #8F9C8A

square

#8A989C #978A9C #9C8E8A #8F9C8A

split-complementary

#8A989C #9C8A8F #9C978A

monochromatic

#4F5A5D #6B7A7E #8A989C #ABB5B8 #CCD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8A989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A989C

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A989C	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.017 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b9',
    500: '#8a989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a989c;
$custom-light: #acb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66977,
    "c": 0.01713,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A989C

secondary

#C5BFBD

accent

#8476B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A989C

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

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