#8A98A4#8A98A4

#8A98A4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.024 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98A4
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 164)
HSL	hsl(208, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -2.41, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 8.33, 253.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0105 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.024 244)
XYZ	xyz(28.4087, 30.5395, 39.5127)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98A4 #A4968A

analogous

#8AA4A3 #8A98A4 #8A8BA4

triadic

#8A98A4 #A48A98 #98A48A

tetradic

#8A98A4 #A38AA4 #A4968A #8BA48A

square

#8A98A4 #A38AA4 #A4968A #8BA48A

split-complementary

#8A98A4 #A48A8B #A4A38A

monochromatic

#4F5B65 #697A87 #8A98A4 #ACB6BF #CFD5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8A98A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#8A98A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98A4

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98A4	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.024 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6bf',
    500: '#8a98a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98a4;
$custom-light: #acb6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67245,
    "c": 0.02396,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.3054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98A4

secondary

#CAC5C0

accent

#9172B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98A4

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

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