#8A9DAD#8A9DAD

#8A9DAD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.032 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9DAD
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(207, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -3.15, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 11.02, 253.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0142 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.032 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0790, 32.5335, 44.2219)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9DAD #AD9A8A

analogous

#8AADAB #8A9DAD #8A8BAD

triadic

#8A9DAD #AD8A9D #9DAD8A

tetradic

#8A9DAD #AB8AAD #AD9A8A #8BAD8A

square

#8A9DAD #AB8AAD #AD9A8A #8BAD8A

split-complementary

#8A9DAD #AD8A8B #ADAB8A

monochromatic

#4E606F #677F93 #8A9DAD #AEBBC6 #D2D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8A9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9DAD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9DAD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.032 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c5',
    500: '#8a9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9dad;
$custom-light: #acb9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.03198,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9DAD

secondary

#D0C9C3

accent

#6F4A9C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9DAD

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

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