#8A9E96#8A9E96

#8A9E96 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.025 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E96
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -8.67, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 8.86, 168.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.025 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.025 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2118, 32.0585, 33.5498)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E96 #9E8A92

analogous

#8A9E8C #8A9E96 #8A9C9E

triadic

#8A9E96 #968A9E #9E968A

tetradic

#8A9E96 #8C8A9E #9E8A92 #9C9E8A

square

#8A9E96 #8C8A9E #9E8A92 #9C9E8A

split-complementary

#8A9E96 #9E8A9C #9E8C8A

monochromatic

#4F5F58 #6A8078 #8A9E96 #ABBAB4 #CDD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8A9E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#8A9E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E96

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E96	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.025 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbab4',
    500: '#8a9e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e96;
$custom-light: #acbab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.02543,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E96

secondary

#C6BEC1

accent

#758EB2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E96

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

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