#8A98A6#8A98A6

#8A98A6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.026 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98A6
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 166)
HSL	hsl(210, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -1.96, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 9.22, 257.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0097 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.026 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5907, 30.6123, 40.4714)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98A6 #A6988A

analogous

#8AA6A6 #8A98A6 #8A8AA6

triadic

#8A98A6 #A68A98 #98A68A

tetradic

#8A98A6 #A68AA6 #A6988A #8AA68A

square

#8A98A6 #A68AA6 #A6988A #8AA68A

split-complementary

#8A98A6 #A68A8A #A6A68A

monochromatic

#4E5B67 #69798A #8A98A6 #ADB7C0 #D0D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8A98A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8A98A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98A6

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98A6	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.026 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6c0',
    500: '#8a98a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98a6;
$custom-light: #acb6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67314,
    "c": 0.02624,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98A6

secondary

#CBC6C0

accent

#9471B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98A6

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

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