#8A9A9E#8A9A9E

#8A9A9E is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.019 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A9E
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -4.82, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 6.28, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0158 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.019 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2069, 30.9826, 36.8353)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A9E #9E8E8A

analogous

#8A9E98 #8A9A9E #8A909E

triadic

#8A9A9E #9E8A9A #9A9E8A

tetradic

#8A9A9E #988A9E #9E8E8A #909E8A

square

#8A9A9E #988A9E #9E8E8A #909E8A

split-complementary

#8A9A9E #9E8A90 #9E988A

monochromatic

#4F5C5F #6A7C80 #8A9A9E #ABB7BA #CDD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8A9A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#8A9A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A9E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A9E	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.019 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7ba',
    500: '#8a9a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a9e;
$custom-light: #acb7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67482,
    "c": 0.01921,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A9E

secondary

#C6C0BE

accent

#8275B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A9E

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

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