#8A99AA#8A99AA

#8A99AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.030 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A99AA
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(212, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -1.62, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 10.79, 261.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0096 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.03 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1263, 31.0873, 42.4883)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A99AA #AA9B8A

analogous

#8AA9AA #8A99AA #8B8AAA

triadic

#8A99AA #AA8A99 #99AA8A

tetradic

#8A99AA #AA8AA9 #AA9B8A #8AAA8B

square

#8A99AA #AA8AA9 #AA9B8A #8AAA8B

split-complementary

#8A99AA #AA8B8A #A9AA8A

monochromatic

#4E5C6C #687A8F #8A99AA #ADB8C4 #D1D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8A99AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8A99AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A99AA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A99AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A99AA	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a99aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.030 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7c3',
    500: '#8a99aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a99aa;
$custom-light: #acb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a99aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67672,
    "c": 0.03048,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A99AA

secondary

#CEC8C2

accent

#754B9A

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A99AA

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

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