#8A9CA5#8A9CA5

#8A9CA5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.024 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA5
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -4.40, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 8.13, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0159 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.024 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1595, 31.8961, 40.2103)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA5 #A5938A

analogous

#8AA5A1 #8A9CA5 #8A8FA5

triadic

#8A9CA5 #A58A9C #9CA58A

tetradic

#8A9CA5 #A18AA5 #A5938A #8FA58A

square

#8A9CA5 #A18AA5 #A5938A #8FA58A

split-complementary

#8A9CA5 #A58A8F #A5A18A

monochromatic

#4F5E66 #697E89 #8A9CA5 #ADB9C0 #CFD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8A9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA5

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA5	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.024 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9bf',
    500: '#8a9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca5;
$custom-light: #acb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68153,
    "c": 0.02439,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA5

secondary

#CBC4C0

accent

#8972B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA5

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

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