#8A9CB2#8A9CB2

#8A9CB2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.038 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(213, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(213, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -1.44, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 13.61, 263.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0109 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.038 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4034, 32.3937, 46.7616)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9CB2 #B2A08A

analogous

#8AB0B2 #8A9CB2 #8C8AB2

triadic

#8A9CB2 #B28A9C #9CB28A

tetradic

#8A9CB2 #B28AB0 #B2A08A #8AB28C

square

#8A9CB2 #B28AB0 #B2A08A #8AB28C

split-complementary

#8A9CB2 #B28C8A #B0B28A

monochromatic

#4D5F75 #657D9A #8A9CB2 #AFBBCA #D4DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#8A9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9CB2

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9CB2	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.038 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c9',
    500: '#8a9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9cb2;
$custom-light: #acb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68612,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9CB2

secondary

#D3CDC5

accent

#77479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9CB2

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

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