#8A9CA4#8A9CA4

#8A9CA4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.024 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA4
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -4.62, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 7.83, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0163 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.024 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0689, 31.8599, 39.7328)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA4 #A4928A

analogous

#8AA49F #8A9CA4 #8A8FA4

triadic

#8A9CA4 #A48A9C #9CA48A

tetradic

#8A9CA4 #9F8AA4 #A4928A #8FA48A

square

#8A9CA4 #9F8AA4 #A4928A #8FA48A

split-complementary

#8A9CA4 #A48A8F #A49F8A

monochromatic

#4F5E65 #697E87 #8A9CA4 #ACB9BF #CFD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#8A9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA4

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA4	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.024 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9bf',
    500: '#8a9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca4;
$custom-light: #acb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6812,
    "c": 0.02362,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA4

secondary

#CAC3C0

accent

#8772B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA4

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

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