#8A9CA0#8A9CA0

#8A9CA0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.021 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA0
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -5.49, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 6.94, 217.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0179 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.021 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7133, 31.7177, 37.8602)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA0 #A08E8A

analogous

#8AA099 #8A9CA0 #8A91A0

triadic

#8A9CA0 #A08A9C #9CA08A

tetradic

#8A9CA0 #998AA0 #A08E8A #91A08A

square

#8A9CA0 #998AA0 #A08E8A #91A08A

split-complementary

#8A9CA0 #A08A91 #A0998A

monochromatic

#4F5E61 #6A7E83 #8A9CA0 #ACB9BB #CED5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8A9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA0

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA0	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9597A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.021 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9bc',
    500: '#8a9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca0;
$custom-light: #acb9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67987,
    "c": 0.02128,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA0

secondary

#C7C0BF

accent

#8074B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA0

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

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