#8A989E#8A989E

#8A989E is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A989E
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -3.72, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 6.11, 232.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0129 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8796, 30.3279, 36.7261)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A989E #9E908A

analogous

#8A9E9A #8A989E #8A8E9E

triadic

#8A989E #9E8A98 #989E8A

tetradic

#8A989E #9A8A9E #9E908A #8E9E8A

square

#8A989E #9A8A9E #9E908A #8E9E8A

split-complementary

#8A989E #9E8A8E #9E9A8A

monochromatic

#4F5A5F #6A7A80 #8A989E #ABB5BA #CDD3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8A989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8A989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A989E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A989E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6ba',
    500: '#8a989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a989e;
$custom-light: #acb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67043,
    "c": 0.01836,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A989E

secondary

#C6C0BE

accent

#8875B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A989E

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

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