#8A9CA2#8A9CA2

#8A9CA2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.022 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA2
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(195, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -5.06, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 7.32, 226.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0171 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.022 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8897, 31.7882, 38.7891)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA2 #A2908A

analogous

#8AA29C #8A9CA2 #8A90A2

triadic

#8A9CA2 #A28A9C #9CA28A

tetradic

#8A9CA2 #9C8AA2 #A2908A #90A28A

square

#8A9CA2 #9C8AA2 #A2908A #90A28A

split-complementary

#8A9CA2 #A28A90 #A29C8A

monochromatic

#4F5E63 #6A7E85 #8A9CA2 #ACB9BD #CED6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8A9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA2

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA2	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.022 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9bd',
    500: '#8a9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca2;
$custom-light: #acb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.02229,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA2

secondary

#C9C2BF

accent

#8473B4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA2

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

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