#8A98AA#8A98AA

#8A98AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.031 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98AA
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(214, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -1.06, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 11.13, 264.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0082 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.031 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9633, 30.7614, 42.4340)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98AA #AA9C8A

analogous

#8AA8AA #8A98AA #8C8AAA

triadic

#8A98AA #AA8A98 #98AA8A

tetradic

#8A98AA #AA8AA8 #AA9C8A #8AAA8C

square

#8A98AA #AA8AA8 #AA9C8A #8AAA8C

split-complementary

#8A98AA #AA8C8A #A8AA8A

monochromatic

#4E5B6C #68798F #8A98AA #ADB7C4 #D1D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8A98AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#8A98AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98AA

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98AA	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.031 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6c3',
    500: '#8a98aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98aa;
$custom-light: #acb6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67456,
    "c": 0.03114,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98AA

secondary

#CEC9C2

accent

#784B9A

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98AA

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

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