#8A9CA3#8A9CA3

#8A9CA3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.023 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA3
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -4.84, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 7.56, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0167 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.023 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9789, 31.8239, 39.2591)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA3 #A3918A

analogous

#8AA39E #8A9CA3 #8A90A3

triadic

#8A9CA3 #A38A9C #9CA38A

tetradic

#8A9CA3 #9E8AA3 #A3918A #90A38A

square

#8A9CA3 #9E8AA3 #A3918A #90A38A

split-complementary

#8A9CA3 #A38A90 #A39E8A

monochromatic

#4F5E64 #6A7E86 #8A9CA3 #ACB9BE #CFD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8A9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA3

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA3	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)

#989BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.023 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9be',
    500: '#8a9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca3;
$custom-light: #acb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 11.962,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68086,
    "c": 0.02292,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA3

secondary

#C9C2BF

accent

#8573B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA3

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

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