#8A989D#8A989D

#8A989D is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.018 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A989D
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 12%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -3.93, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 5.84, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0133 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.018 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7938, 30.2936, 36.2747)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A989D #9D8F8A

analogous

#8A9D98 #8A989D #8A8E9D

triadic

#8A989D #9D8A98 #989D8A

tetradic

#8A989D #988A9D #9D8F8A #8E9D8A

square

#8A989D #988A9D #9D8F8A #8E9D8A

split-complementary

#8A989D #9D8A8E #9D988A

monochromatic

#4F5A5E #6B7A7F #8A989D #ABB5B9 #CDD3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8A989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A989D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A989D	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.018 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b9',
    500: '#8a989d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a989d;
$custom-light: #acb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 8.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6701,
    "c": 0.0177,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A989D

secondary

#C5C0BE

accent

#8676B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A989D

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

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