#8A9AA0#8A9AA0

#8A9AA0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.020 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9AA0
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -4.39, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 6.71, 229.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.015 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.02 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3805, 31.0520, 37.7493)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9AA0 #A0908A

analogous

#8AA09B #8A9AA0 #8A8FA0

triadic

#8A9AA0 #A08A9A #9AA08A

tetradic

#8A9AA0 #9B8AA0 #A0908A #8FA08A

square

#8A9AA0 #9B8AA0 #A0908A #8FA08A

split-complementary

#8A9AA0 #A08A8F #A09B8A

monochromatic

#4F5C61 #6A7C83 #8A9AA0 #ACB7BB #CED4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8A9AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#8A9AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9AA0

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9AA0	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9396A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.020 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7bc',
    500: '#8a9aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9aa0;
$custom-light: #acb7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.02032,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9AA0

secondary

#C7C1BF

accent

#8674B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9AA0

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

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