#8A9CA6#8A9CA6

#8A9CA6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.025 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CA6
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(201, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -4.18, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 8.46, 240.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0155 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.025 232)
XYZ	xyz(29.2509, 31.9327, 40.6915)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CA6 #A6948A

analogous

#8AA6A2 #8A9CA6 #8A8EA6

triadic

#8A9CA6 #A68A9C #9CA68A

tetradic

#8A9CA6 #A28AA6 #A6948A #8EA68A

square

#8A9CA6 #A28AA6 #A6948A #8EA68A

split-complementary

#8A9CA6 #A68A8E #A6A28A

monochromatic

#4E5E67 #697E8A #8A9CA6 #ADB9C0 #D0D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8A9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#8A9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CA6

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CA6	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.025 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c0',
    500: '#8a9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ca6;
$custom-light: #acb9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68187,
    "c": 0.02523,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.31933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CA6

secondary

#CBC4C0

accent

#8A71B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CA6

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

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