#8A9E9E#8A9E9E

#8A9E9E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.023 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E9E
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -7.01, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 7.41, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0216 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.023 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8781, 32.3250, 37.0590)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E9E #9E8A8A

analogous

#8A9E94 #8A9E9E #8A949E

triadic

#8A9E9E #9E8A9E #9E9E8A

tetradic

#8A9E9E #948A9E #9E8A8A #949E8A

square

#8A9E9E #948A9E #9E8A8A #949E8A

split-complementary

#8A9E9E #9E8A94 #9E948A

monochromatic

#4F5F5F #6A8080 #8A9E9E #ABBABA #CDD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A9E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#8A9E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E9E

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E9E	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.023 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbaba',
    500: '#8a9e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e9e;
$custom-light: #acbaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68365,
    "c": 0.0226,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E9E

secondary

#C6BEBE

accent

#7575B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E9E

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

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