#8A9C9E#8A9C9E

#8A9C9E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.021 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9C9E
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -5.92, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 6.73, 208.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0187 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.021 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5398, 31.6482, 36.9462)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9C9E #9E8C8A

analogous

#8A9E96 #8A9C9E #8A929E

triadic

#8A9C9E #9E8A9C #9C9E8A

tetradic

#8A9C9E #968A9E #9E8C8A #929E8A

square

#8A9C9E #968A9E #9E8C8A #929E8A

split-complementary

#8A9C9E #9E8A92 #9E968A

monochromatic

#4F5D5F #6A7E80 #8A9C9E #ABB8BA #CDD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A9C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#8A9C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9C9E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9C9E	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.021 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9ba',
    500: '#8a9c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9c9e;
$custom-light: #acb9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67922,
    "c": 0.02065,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9C9E

secondary

#C6BFBE

accent

#7C75B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9C9E

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

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