#8A9CAA#8A9CAA

#8A9CAA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.029 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CAA
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(206, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -3.28, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 9.98, 250.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0139 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.029 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6235, 32.0817, 42.6540)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CAA #AA988A

analogous

#8AAAA8 #8A9CAA #8A8CAA

triadic

#8A9CAA #AA8A9C #9CAA8A

tetradic

#8A9CAA #A88AAA #AA988A #8CAA8A

square

#8A9CAA #A88AAA #AA988A #8CAA8A

split-complementary

#8A9CAA #AA8A8C #AAA88A

monochromatic

#4E5F6C #687E8F #8A9CAA #ADBAC4 #D1D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8A9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8A9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CAA

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CAA	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.029 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c3',
    500: '#8a9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9caa;
$custom-light: #acb9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68325,
    "c": 0.0291,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CAA

secondary

#CEC7C2

accent

#6E4B9A

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CAA

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

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